POLICE 
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PEKIIMER'S 

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1916 


Use  this  Handy 


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For  your  personal  notes  and 
records.  It's  loose  leaf — 
bound  in  durable,  handsome 
black  Morocco  of  the  finest 
grade. 

Fourteen  handy  sizes— at  any 
progressive  stationery  store. 


Wilson-Jones  Loose  Leaf  Co* 


3021   Carroll  Avenue,  Chicago 


U.  S.  Blow  Pipe  and  Dust  Collecting  Co. 


MANUFACTURERS  AND  CONTRACTORS  OF 


Slow  Speed,  Low  Pow- 
er Shavings  and 
Dust  Collecting 

Systems 
Fans,  Blowers 
Heating  and  Ventilat- 
ing Systems 

Sheet  Metal  Specialties  of 
all  Descriptions 

2090-92  Canalport  Ave. 

Phone  Canal  507 


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Police        History      1 


12O  WEST  MADISON  STREET 


CHICAGO 


European  Plan 

Model  of  Fireproof  Construction 

Best  Restaurant  and  Grille  in  City 

A.  W.  HANNAH  AND  DAVID  HOGG,  PROPS. 
LAURENCE  R.  ADAMS,SEC'Y  AND  MANAGER 

A  Magnificent  Structure.  No  Better  Furnished 
Hotel  in  the  City.  All  the  Latest  Improvements 
and  Conveniences.  Located  in  the  Very  Business 
Center  of  Chicago. 


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THE  MILDEST  SMOKING  TOBACCO    ON  THE  MARKET 


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PBRTEGTIOIN 

ASBESTOS   FABRIC 

TIRES 

Will     Give     Greater      Durability     and 
More  Mileage  Than   Any    Oilier    Tire 


BECAUSE  long  fibre  asbestos  fabric  is  used  instead  of 
cotton  fabric,  as  in  other  tires.  Long  asbestos  fibre 
has  greater  tensile  strength  than  cotton  fibre  and  will 
wear  longer. 

BECAUSE  asbestos,  being  a  mineral,  will  not  rot  when 
water  soaked,  as  will  cotton  fabric.  Asbestos  fabric 

is  not  injured  by  oil  or  grease. 

BECAUSE  asbestos,  being  a  non-conductor  of  heat,  pro- 
tects the  inner  tube  from  heat  due  to  causes  from  without 
or  within  the  tire. 

BECAUSE  vulcanizing  can  be  done  at  a  much  higher  temper- 
ature without  injury  to  the  fabric. 

BECAUSE  of  the  nonpuncturable    BREAKER  STRIP  in  the 

cross  section. 

GUARANTEE  ON  PERFECTION  TIRES— Perfection  Tires 
are  guaranteed  for  6000  miles. 

PERFECTION  TIRES  THOROUGHLY  TESTED  and  PROVEN 

Perfection  Asbestos  Fabric  Tires  are  the  outgrowth  of 
four  years  of  scientific  tests  and  experiments.  Many 
problems  had  to  be  solved  before  the  tires  had  reached 
the  stage  deserving  of  the  name  given  to  them.  Per- 
fection Tires  are  now  all  that  the  name  implies.  Per- 
fection is  the  last  word  in  pneumatic  tires. 


PERFECTION  TIRE  &  RUBBER  CO, 

MARQUETTE   BLDG.,  CHICAGO 


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POLICE  HISTORY 


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DIRECTORY 


A  brief  compilation  of  the  notable  incidents 
occuring  in  the  History  of  our  Police  Depart- 
ment. Our  facts  were  obtained  from  the 
Annual  Statements  issued  by  the  Department, 
from  the  Chicago  Historical  Association  Files 
and  other  authentic  sources. 

A  Directory  of  useful  information,  giving 
location  of  Police  Stations,  City  and  County 
information,  and  a  great  deal  of  other  valu- 
able data. 


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Police        Histor 

The  Answer  to  Many  Transportation  Problems 

IS  TO   TAKE   THE 

Illinois  Central 


BETWEEN 

Chicago,  Memphis,  New  Orleans 

Chicago   Birmingham,  Jacksonville,  Fla. 
Chicago,  Omaha,  Sioux  City,  Sioux  Falls 
Chicago,  Minneapolis,  St.  Paul 

Chicago,  Memphis,  Hot  Springs,  Ark. 
Chicago,  New  Orleans,  Houston,  San  Antonio 
Chicago,  Springfield,  St.  Louis 

St.  Louis,  Memphis,  New  Orleans 

St.  Louis,  Birmingham,  Jacksonville,  Fla. 
St.  Louis,  Nashville,  Chattanooga,  Atlanta, 

Jacksonville,  Fla. 
St.  Louis,  Paducah 

Cincinnati,  Louisville,  Memphis,  New  Orleans 
St.  Louis,  Springfield,  Chicago 


Steel  Trains        Through  Service 


Schedules,  fares,  sleeping  car  reservations,  descriptive 

literature  and  other  information  may  be 

obtained  at 

ILLINOIS  CENTRAL  TICKET  OFFICES 

76  W.  Adams  Street,  Phones:  Central  6270  Auto.  64-472; 
Scott's  Hotel  Ticket  Offices,  Central  Station  (Michigan  Ave. 
and  I2th  St.)  and  43rd  St.,  53rd  St.  and  63rd  St.  Stations. 


olice        Histo 


Foreword 

To  our  many  Friends  and    Patrons 


HE  Police  Pensioners  Protective  Association 
has  been  striving  for  the  last  eleven  years 
for  the  perfection  of  the  pension  laws,  and 
the  protection  of  the  interests  of  the  many 
pensioners,  publishes  this  volume  both  as 
a  means  of  securing  a  permanent  fund  for  the  continu- 
ation of  its  work,  and  for  the  purpose  of  perpetuating 
the  name  of  those  men  who  died  as  heroes  in  the  per- 
formance of  their  duties,  as  police  officers. 

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With  the  profits  secured  from  the  publication  of 
this  volume,  this  organization  will  continue  to  main- 
tain its  attorney  at  all  important  meetings  of  the 
Pension  Board,  various  pension  committees,  and  all 
regular  sessions  of  the  State  Legislature. 

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Without  organization  and  united  effort  we  would 

not  have  been  able  to  accomplish  anything,  nor  to 
protect  those  good  laws  already  passed.  Due  directly 
to  this  organization  and  its  effort,  we  have  been  able 
to  do  away  with  many  harmful  enactments  and  to 
secure  new  and  better  ones,  thus  assuring  those 
entitled  to  pensions,  whether  members  of  this  associ- 
ation or  not,  of  receiving  their  just  dues  as  provided 
by  law. 

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The  Police  Pensioners  Protective  Association 
takes  this  opportunity  to  express  its  thanks  and  deep 
appreciation  to  its  many  friends,  who  through  their 
advertising  co-operation  and  subscriptions  have  made 
possible  the  production  and  publication  of  this  book. 


SPolice        Hist 


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from  a  cup  of  coffee  percolated 
electrically,  and  you  will  at 
once  recognize  its  excellence. 

An  El e  Sir ic 
Coffee  Percolator 

will  prove  most  desirable  to 
have  for  many  occasions  and 
is  delightfully  convenient. 

The  best  makes  only  are  sold  here 

ELECTRIC   SHOP 


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ADAMS  STREET 


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MICHIGAN  BLVDS. 


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WM.  HALE  THOMPSON 

MAYOR 

City   of    Chicago 


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SPolice        History 


Chicago's 
Foremost 
Cleaners 
and 
Dyers 


Operating  the  largest  retail  plant 
in  the  city.  We  employ  the  latest 
and  most  modern  facilities  for  the 
cleaning  of  silks,  chiffons,  dresses, 
suits,  laces  and  gloves. 


Oriental  Rugs  and 


Carpets,  Portieres 


and  Curtains 


We  maintain  our  own  hat  clean- 
ing  and   blocking    department. 

North  Side  Cleaners  & 
Dyers  Company 


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5427=29-31  'Broadway  Chicago 


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CHAS.  C.  HEALEY 
General  Superintendent  of  Police 


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W.  Q.  SOUDERS  &  CO. 

208  S.  La  Salic  Street  Dime  Bank  Building 

CHICAGO  DETROIT 

First  National  Bank  Building 
MILWAUKEE 

High  Grade  Investments,   Secured   by    First   Mortgage 
Bonds.    Descriptive  circulars  upon   request 


NEW  YORK  BOSTON 

Curtis  &  Sanger 

INVESTMENT  SECURITIES 
COMMERCIAL  PAPER 


Members  New  York,  Boston  and  126  S.  La  Salle  Street 

Chicago  Stock  Exchanges  Chicago 


WRITE  OR  CALL  FOR  OUR 


List  of  Investment 


Yielding   from  4^  to 

Stanwood,  Taylor  &  Co. 

PHONE  RANDOLPH  6O3O 

7O4-7O8  Harris  Trust  Building 

111  W.  Monroe  Street  CHICAGO 


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HERMAN  F.  SCHUETTLER 

First  Deputy 
Superintendent  of  Police 


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American 

District  Telegraph 

Company 

NIGHT    WATCH    SERVICE 


Fire  Alarm,  Automatic  Fire  Alarm 
and  Sprinkler  Supervisory  Service. 


BURGLAR  ALARM  SERVICE 


Room  244 

National  Life  Building 
29  South  La  Salle  Street 


Burglar  Alarm  and  Watch  Service  Department 
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MAJOR  M.  L.  C.  FUNKHOUSER 

Second  Deputy 
Superintendent  of  Police 


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We  Cut  Gears 


We  have  one  of  the  best  up-to-date  gear 
cutting  factories  in  the  Middle  West. 
Our  shops  are  operated  day  and  night, 
enabling  us  to  give  prompt  attention  to 
the  execution  of  all  orders. 

We  have  but  one  quality — the  highest.  Our  ser- 
vice is  widely  recognized  and  used  by  discriminat- 
ing buyers  and  engineers  of  the  Automobile  in- 
dustry. Send  Blue  Prints  or  Sample  Gears  for 
Estimates. 


ALBAUGH-DOVER  CO. 

Marshall  Boulevard  and  Twenty-First  Street,  Chicago. 


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MICHAEL  BRENNAN 

Chief  of  Police 

1803-95 


JOHN  J.  BADENOCH 
Chief  of  Police 
1895-97 


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Total    revenue     receipts    of 

United     States     from     all 

sources  for  1912  were $691,000,000 

In    which    is    included    from 

import  duties  311,000,000 

In  1913  the  objects  of  taxa- 
tion   which    produced    the 

most    amount    of    revenue 

were: 

Distilled  Spirits....$157,000,000 
Fermented 

Liquors   65,000,000 

222,000,000 

Tobacco  76,000,000 

Total    $298,000,000 

Thus,  during  the  past  fiscal  year,  dis- 
tilled spirits  and  fermented  liquors 
furnished  nearly  %  of  the  total  rev- 
enue of  the  U.  S.  government. 
Or,  put  it  another  way,  distilled  spirits 
and  fermented  liquors  paid  %  of  the 
expense  of  maintaining  our  army  and 
navy. 

Or  the  entire  cost  of  pensions  and  of 
the  care  of  our  Indians  and  the  in- 
terest on  our  public  debt,  besides  con- 
tributing nearly  $30,000  for  miscel- 
laneous expenses. 

INCOME  TAX. 

Estimated  Income  Tax,  1914..$  87,000,000 
Estimated  receipts  from  fer- 
mented   liquors    and    dis- 
tilled   spirits 228,000,000 

Income  Tax  would  have  to  be  in- 
creased 2%  times  to  yield  same  total. 

NEW   YORK    STATE. 

Direct  revenue  from  liquor  traffic  de- 
rived by  New  York  state  is  nearly  $20,- 
000,000  while  that  received  by  the  T'nit- 
ed  States  government  from  New  York 
state  is  about  $23,000,000.  This  does 
not  include  the  tax  on  real  a_nd  per- 
sonal property  connected  with  and 
owned  by  those  engaged  in  the  various 
branches  of  the  liquor  traffic.  The  la- 
bor displacement,  depreciation  of  real 
estate,  and  destruction  of  personal 
property  consequent  upon  prohibition 
would  be  enormous. 

The  report  of  the  Census  Bureau  De- 
partment of  Commerce  and  Labor,  for 
1909,  gives  this  information  regarding 
the  brewing  industry  of  the  United 
States: 
Number  of  officials  and 

clerks  11,500 

Number  of  wage  earners  em- 
ployed      54,579 

Bottlers      (including     clerks 

and  wage  earners) 10,519 


Yearly     cost     of     materials 

used  in  bottling  industry..     10,002,292 


Brewing    industry    paid     in 

wages,  1909 $  64,010,000 

Bottling  industry  pays  in 

wages,  annually 6,837,350 

Cost  of  material  used  by 

brewers  in  1909 96,596,000 

Miscellaneous  expenses 

amounted  to  $139,537,000 


$316,802,642 

Total  amount  of  money  in- 
vested in  brewing  industry 
in  United  States  in  1905 

was  _ $515,000,000 

The  above  has  to  do  only  with  the 
brewing  industry  and  in  no  way  com- 
putes the  expenditures  of  the  distilling 
industry. 

Practically  every  business  and  calling 
in  this  country  would   be   affected  di- 
rectly  or   indirectly   by   the    establish- 
ment  of  national   prohibition.     Amon 
fe»-  are  the  following: 
the  many  industries  which  would  suf- 
Real    Estate,  Advertising    Sic 

Farley,  Rubber  Goods, 

Hops,  Steam  Engine, 

Corn,  Machinery, 

Rice,  Tool, 

Wheat,  Builders'  Supply, 

Oats,  Plumbers'  Supply 

Hay,  Wagon, 

Straw,  Harness, 

Eggs,  Auto  Truck, 

Cheese,  Mason  and   Build- 

Poultry,  ers, 

Meats,  Farmers'      Imple- 

Groceries  ,  ments   and    Ma- 

Hotel  and  Restau-  chinery, 

rant     Supplies       Furniture, 
and      Furnish-       Bar  Fixture, 
ings,  Cooperage, 

Lumber,  Patent    Cork    and 

Coal,  Stopper, 

Iron,  Bottle, 

Steel,  Beer  Pump, 

Copper,  Beer  Tap, 

Gasoline,  Bottling     Machin- 

Oil,  ery    and    Appli- 

Glass,  ances, 

Electrical     Supclv       Belting, 

and    Apparatus,       Boiler, 
Asphalt,  Bottle        Labeling 

Tinsmith,  Machine, 

Roofing,  Bottlers'    Supply, 

Paint,  Bottle  Wrapper, 

Varnish  Printer, 

Brush,  Beer  Box. 

Hotels,  restaurants,  and  clubs  are 
vitally  concerned.  Without  the  priv- 
ilege of  dispensing  alcoholic  beverages 
many  of  them  would  fall  into  insolvency 
and  collapse  for  the  want  of  sufficient 
income  to  maintain  them.  Schools  are 
maintained,  beneficient  public  institu- 
tions are  reared  and  supported  and  im- 
portant public  works  are  made  possible 
by  the  revenue  obtained  from  and 
through  the  liquor  traffic.  Not  only 
does  the  government  machinery  of  the 
state  and  nation  draw  extensively  from 
the  taxation  of  the  liquor  traffic,  but 
all  institutions  benefit  immensely  from 
voluntary  contributions  made  by  the 
thousands  of  persons  interested  in  the 
traffic  in  liquors  in  one  way  or  the 
other.  If  the  income  of  these  persons 
is  cut  off  by  national  prohibition,  not 
only  will  the  revenue  herein  above 
mentioned  be  lost,  but  also  these  con- 
tributions. 


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JOSEPH  KIPLEY 

Chief  of  Police 

1897-1901 


FRANCIS  O'NEILL 

Chief  of  Police 

1901-05 


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POLARINE  is  the  one  motor 
oil  of  universal  utility.  It  furnish- 
es perfect  lubrication  in  every 
type  and  make  of  standarized 
automobile  engine. 

POLARINE  is  equally  ser- 
viceable summer  or  winter.  It 
flows  freely  at  sero  and  main- 
tains the  correct  lubricating 
body  at  any  motor  speed  or 
temperature. 

POLARINE  is  made  from  oils 
which  most  refiners  consider  a 
finished  product.  After  careful 
re-refining  we  filter  it  to  remove 
every  trace  of  free  carbon.  That 
is  why  the  motorists  of  the 
Middle-West  used  8,444,750  gal- 
lons last  year. 

Try  it  in  your  engine. 


STANDARD  OIL  COMPANY 


(INDIANA) 

72  WEST  ADAMS  STREET 


CHICAGO 


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JOHN   M.  COLLINS 

Chief  of  Police 

1905-07 


GEO.  M.  SHIPPY 

Chief  of  Police 

1907-09 


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"WHITE" 
TOWN  CAR 

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'T'HE  White  Town  Car  intro- 
duces in  this  country  the      v 
appropriate  conveyance  for  City 
driving.     It  has  the  short  turn-    ; 
ing     radius,    light   weight    and 
smart    lines    of    the    European 
Coupe    de   Ville.     The  body  is  >• 
custom  designed,   with    interior 
appointments    as    much    out   of 
the  ordinary  as  they  are    ultra 
refined. 

There  is  nothing  in  Chicago 
more  beautiful  or  more  fitting 
for  fashionable  uses. 

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THE  WHITE  CO. 

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LEROY  T.  STEWART 

Chief  of  Police 

1909-11 


JOHN  MCWEENY 

Chief  of  Police 
1911-13 


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Have  You 


Ever  Eaten  the  Delicious  Little  Sausages  Oscar 
Mayer    Makes  ? 

Those  who  care  for  dainty  foods ;  those  who  know 
purity  and  who  are  content  with  nothing  less  than 
the  best,  demand  the  delicious  little  sausages  made  by 
Oscar  Mayer. 

Oscar  Mayer  uses  the  best  cuttings  of  tender  young 
pork  and  the  purest  seasoning  and  still  is  able  to  sell 
this,  his  best  farm  style  sausage,  at  a  price  all  can  afford 

Oscar  Mayer's 

WEST    BEND    FARM 

S  A  U  S  A  G  E 

In  1-pound  cartons  only,  bearing  the  name  "Oscar 
Mayer" — in  two  forms — tender  links  and  ground  meat 
to  form  into  cakes. 

Ask  your  meat  dealer  or  grocer  to  GET  it  for  you 
if  he  does  not  carry  it.  Phone  us  and  we  will  tell  yon 
vho  does  carry  it. 

CHICAGO   DEALERS:     Phone   us.     Our  wide-awake  and 

courteous    delivery    salesmen    will    give    you    our    usual 

prompt  delivery  service. 

OUT-OF-TOWN    DEALERS:     Write   at   once   for   special 

proposition  for  daily  and  weekly  shipments. 

BROKERS    WRITE:      We   have   some   territory    open    for 

live  Hrr.kers. 

Phone  Superior  8500 


MEAT   DELICACIES 

Oscar  F.  Mayer  &  Bro. 


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JAMES  GLEASON 

Chief  of  Police 

1912-15 


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Grand  Prix  and  Gold 
Medal 

Awarded  by  the 

Panama- Pacific  Inter- 
national Exposition 

to  the 

"WORLD'S  BEST" 


MANUFACTURERS  AND  DISTRIBUTORS 

U.  5.  Slicing  Machine  Co. 

189  North  Dearborn  Street 
CHICAGO 


General  Offices  and  Factory,  LA  PORTE,  IND. 


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WHEELKR  BARTROM 

President 
Police  Pensioner's  Protective  Ass'n 


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BARTLETT 

FRAZIER 

CO. 

Commission 
Merchants 


GRAIN    AND 
PROVISIONS 


STOCKS  AND 
BONDS 


Western   Union   Building 
CHICAGO 

Phone  Wabash  2317 


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PETER  LYNCH 

Treasurer 
Police  Pensioner's  Protective  Association 


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PTHIS  8-ROOM  BRICK  BUNGALOW1 


$500 
Cash 


BUILT  ON  YOUR  LOT 

$4550 


$30 
Monthly 


Gives  you  the  best  in  design,  material  and  workmanship. 
Ready  now  for  inspection. 

Large  living  room  with  big  brick  open  fireplace  and  bookcases. 

Attractive  dining  room  with  massive  buffet. 

Convenient  and  "homey"  kitchen;  enameled   steel  cabinet  in 

addition  to  pantry. 

Tile  walls  and  floor  in'bath:  nickel  plated  hardware. 
Linen  closet.      Five  large  closets. 
Four  attractive  bedrooms  and  sleeping  porch. 
Oak,  mahogany  and  enameled  trim. 
Choice    in    electric    light    fixtures.     Hot    water    heat    and    gas 

water  heater. 
We  also  build  attractive,  well  renting  flats  and  apartments. 

W.  F.  Kaiser  &  Co.,    Home  Builders 

60  W.  Washington  St. 


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CAPT.  AUGUST  BLETTNER 

Retired 
Police  Pensioner's  Protective  Ass'n 


30    Police        History 


A.  E  MARTENS  &  CO. 


(Members  Toronto  Stock  Exchange) 


Canadian  Securities 


810  Harris  Trust  Building  Central  4313 


Consumers  Power  Company 

Six  Per  Cent  Cumulative  Preferred  Stock 

The  Consumers  Power  Company  of  Michigan  serves  with 
light  and  power  a  population  of  450,000,  situated  in  the  rich- 
est section  of  the  State  of  Michigan.  Very  satisfactory 
earnings  and  tangible  assets  make  the  Preferred  Stock  of 
this  Company,  which  yields  6.25%,  a  very  attractive  invest- 
ment. A  full  description  may  be  had  by  sending  for  Cir- 
cular 29. 

HuDENrYL,    HARDY   &   CUi        nCR?strNalional  Bank  Bldg.,  Chicago 


FREE  OF  FEDERAL  INCOME  TAX 

Write  or  Phone  for  February  Circular  No.  1000. 

Municipal  'Bonds 

Yielding  4^  %  to  S%  %  per  annum.          Denominations  $100  to  $1000- 
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Chiefs  of  Police  of  the  City  of  Chicago 


W.  W.  KENNEDY. Appointed  April,  1871 

ELMER  WASHBURN Appointed  April,  1872 

JACOB  REHM Appointed  December,  1873 

MICHAEL  C.  HICKEY Appointed  October  7,  1875 

VALORUS  A.  SEAVEY Appointed  July  30,  1878 

SIMON  O'DONNELL Appointed  December  15,  1879 

WILLIAM  J.  McGARIGLE Appointed  December  13,  1880 

AUSTIN  J.  DOYLE Appointed  November  13,  1882 

FREDERICK  EBERSOLD Appointed  October  26,  1885 

GEORGE  W.  HUB  BARD Appointed  April  17,  1888 

FREDERICK  H.  MARSH Appointed  January  i,  1890 

ROBERT  W.  McCLAUGHRY Appointed  May  18,  1891 

MICHAEL  BRENNAN Appointed  September  n,  1893 

JOHN  J.  BADENOCH Appointed  April  1 1 ,  1895 

JOSEPH  KIPLEY Appointed  April  16,  1897 

FRANCIS  O'NEILL Appointed  April  30,  1901 

FRANCIS  O'NEILL Re-appointed  June  26,  1905 

JOHN  M.  COLLINS Appointed  July  26,  1905 

GEORGE  M.  SHIPPY Appointed  April  15,  1907 

LEROY  T.  STEWARD Appointed  August  15,  1909 

JOHN  McWEENY Appointed  May  i,  1911 

JAMES  GLEASON Appointed  November  3,  1913 

CHAS.  C.  HEALEY Appointed  April  26,  1915 


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CHICAGO 


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T7*IGHTY-SIX  years  ago  on  the  southwestern  edge  of  Lake 
*-**  Michigan  that  was  a  swampy  little  village  known  to  the  world  as 
Chicago.  A  frontier  trading  post,  it  became  the  rendezvous  for 
traders,  settlers,  Indians  and  men  who  were  wanted  in  Eastern  states 
for  crimes  they  came  West  to  escape  facing.  So  in  the  beginning  it 
gained  a  reputation  which  never  has  been  lived  down.  Chicago  always 
has  been  known  as  the  "Criminal's  Mecca."  And  in  consequence,  the 
police  force  has  been  the  hardest  worked  in  the  United  States. 

In  1830  the  Fort  Dearborn  massacre  was  called  history.  There 
were  30  votes  in  the  village.  The  town  had  not  yet  been  organized 
so  the  citizens  themselves  had  to  keep  law  and  order.  It  so  happened 
that  when  a  crime  was  committed  the  population  sank.  The  crim- 
inals were  told  to  get  out  of  town.  They  invariably  obeyed. 

At  this  date  Chicago  was  crowded  with  Indians.  The  stock  in 
trade  of  the  early  merchants  was  fire-water.  When  a  drunken  Indian 
whooped  through  the  village  one  of  the  settlers  would  seek  out  his 
squaw  who  took  their  drunken  braves  in  hand. 

The  first  jail  was  a  pound  which  cost  $12.  It  was  erected  shortly 
after  the  town  was  organized  in  1833  for  citizens  who  did  not  like  to 
have  their  neighbors'  domestic  animals  run  over  their  property. 
Drunken  vagrants  were  occasionally  placed  in  the  pound  to  sober  up. 

As  the  wealth  of  the  community  grew,  crime  increased.  Archibald 
Clybourn  was  the  first  constable.  The  first  crime  of  which  there  is 
any  record  set  a  precedent  which  is  followed  to  this  day  by  many 
defendants.  A  boarder  in  the  village  robbed  another  of  $34.  The 
suspect  was  arrested  by  a  constable  called  Reed  who  was  a  carpenter. 
He  was  taken  to  Reed's  shop  which  was  used  as  a  sweat  box.  There 
he  confessed  and  was  released  on  a  straw  bond.  He  jumped  his  bail. 

At  this  date  the  police  force  consisted  of  one  man.  In  order  to 
keep  the  court  busy  and  to  punish  law  breakers  an  ordinance  was 
passed  allowing  half  the  fine  collected  from  the  defendant  to  be  given 
to  the  person  who  caused  his  arrest.  Needless  to  say,  the  people 
stood  by  each  other  and  the  common  council  in  1834  appointed  John 
Shrigley  the  first  high  constable  and  allowed  him  three  assistants. 

Chicago  was  then  a  wide  open  frontier  town.  There  were  more 
saloons  and  gambling  houses  than  trading  stores.  At  the  next  meet- 
ing of  the  aldermen  an  ordinance  was  passed  closing  the  saloons  on 


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Sunday  and  forbidding  gambling  houses  to  operate.  The  council 
was  vainly  trying  to  rid  the  city  of  the  unsavory  reputation  it  had 
gathered  in  the  East. 

There  is  no  record  in  these  days  whether  or  not  the  police  closed 
the  saloons  and  gambling  houses.  The  early  constables  had  a  hard 
time  of  it.  Three  companies  of  infantry  were  still  stationed  at  the 
fort  and  a  feud  developed  between  them  and  the  residents  of  the  town. 
Everytime  a  squad  of  soldiers  got  off  duty  there  was  a  riot.  In 
1839  Sam  Lowe  was  appointed  high  constable.  His  title  changed 
three  times  while  he  held  that  office.  First  he  was  high,  then  chief 
constable,  and  a  month  later  the  council  called  him  Chief  of  the  City 
Watch  and  later  changed  it  to  City  Marshal.  Lowe  was  obliged  to 
make  a  monthly  report  of  all  crime  to  the  council.  Saved  of  the  ruin 
left  by  the  Chicago  fire  is  the  memoranda  that  the  council  voted  him 
$30  at  one  time  for  his  extraordinary  services  in  riots.  There  is  no 
record  of  the  deed  or  deeds  Lowe  performed  to  be  voted  this  money. 

The  population  of  Chicago  was  then  nearly  7,000.  Street  fights 
and  saloon  brawls  increased.  Numerous  dogs  roamed  the  streets  and 
complaints  were  made  to  the  aldermen  that  "numerous  small  pigs  and 
fowl  were  running  at  large  in  the  six  ward."  The  newspapers  then 
opened  fire  on  Lowe  and  his  assistant,  Huntoon,  and  then,  as  now, 
the  police  force  survived  the  attack.  No  increase  was  made  although 
assistance  was  granted  them  on  election  day  and  the  4th  of  July. 

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Orson  Smith  was  the  first  regularly  elected  constable.  He  took 
up  his  duties  in  1851.  It  was  during  his  administration  that  the  first 
bridewell  was  erected.  Up  to  this  time-  prisoners  had  been  com- 
pelled to  serve  out  their  time  by  repairing  and  cleaning  the  streets 
with  a  ball  and  chain  attached  to  the  left  leg.  The  city  council  finally 
thought  it  would  be  cheaper  to  build  a  jail  than  pay  the  blacksmith 
bill  for  the  numerous  balls  and  chains  attached  to  the  prisoners. 

Shortly  after  Orson  took  office  the  first  record  of  a  constable  being 
slugged  is  noted.  Constable  Hines  interrupted  a  brawl  between 
soldiers  and  citizens  and  had  his  head  split  open  with  his  own  club. 
Three  other  constables  came  to  his  assistance  and  after  knocking  the 
soldiers  down  with  their  clubs  they  "dragged  them  bleeding  to  the 
calaboose" — they  didn't  have  to  worry  about  complaints  in  those  days. 

Burglaries  and  robberies,  shootings  and  garrotings  increased. 
Sandbagging  was  a  popular  sport  among  certain  residents  and  men 
became  accustomed  to  ask  a  neighbor  or  two  to  walk  out  with  them 
after  night  fall.  The  newspapers  at  this  time  didn't  blame  the  police 
force  so  much  as  they  blamed  the  council  for  not  providing  more 
men.  The  growth  of  the  city  continued.  Thousands  of  people 
arrived  every  week.  The  confidence  man  and  the  gambler  chummed 
together.  The  resorts  grew  infamous,  notorious;  then  famous.  Citi- 
zens thought  it  a  compliment  that  the  city  should  be  likened  to  Paris. 

Crime  is  the  companion  of  wealth  and  great  fortunes,  and  num- 
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throughout  the  country  called  it  the  fall  of  the  second  Sodom,  and 
mentioned    it   as   a   visitation   from   any  angry   Providence. 

Chicago  boasted  a  population  of  more  than  62,000  inhabitants  in 
1854.  More  than  half  of  these  people  were  foreign  born.  It  was  at 
this  time  that  Know-nothingism  sprang  up.  Senator  Stephen  Douglas 
took  a  stand  and  made  a  speach  in  the  East  stepping  on  the  toes  of 
very  nearly  all  of  the  political  factions  in  Chicago.  A  warm  reception 
was  promised  him  when  he  came  to  Chicago. 

Douglas  kept  his  word  and  only  a  bodyguard  consisting  of  the 
entire  police  force  prevented  him  from  being  mobbed.  The  "riot" 
consisted  of  all  the  men  folks  of  the  town  turning  out  to  verbally 
lambast  the  Senator.  It  is  reported  that  women  blocks  away  stuffed 
cotton  in  their  ears  and  that  Douglas  obtained  one  of  the  finest  col- 
lections of  swear  words  in  the  United  States.  However,  he  seldom 
used  them,  so  the  efforts  of  the  people  of  Chicago  were  wasted. 

The  anti-Catholic  feeling,  the  temperance  issue  and  the  Know- 
nothing  campaign  were  all  brought  forward  in  the  mayoralty  cam- 
paign of  1855.  Dr.  Levi  Boone  the  "knowing"  candidate  was  elected. 
Fifty-five  policemen,  all  native  born,  were  appointed  to  the  force. 
Marshal  Darius  Knight  remained,  but  Cyrus  Bradley  was  the  real 
chief  of  the  force. 

The  temperance  move  was  used  by  Dr.  Boone,  who  was  a  grog 
drinker  himself,  to  strike  at  the  Germans.  On  his  recommendation 
the  saloon  licei^ge  was  raised  from  $50  to  $300.  As  the  anger  of  the 
Northsiders  grew,  Mayor  Boone  decided  to  close  the  saloons  on 
Sunday,  that  is,  he  tried  to.  Four  hundred  German  saloonkeepers 
were  arrested. 


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Mayors  and  the  Police  Force 


THE  three  police  stations  Chicago  had  in  1855  were  all  located 
on  the  second  floor.  The  police  department  budget  was  less 
than  $100,000.  In  '56  and  '57  hard  times  came.  Burglaries  occurred 
nightly,  daylight  robberies  were  frequent.  The  90  policemen  Chi- 
cago had  at  that  time  were  denounced  for  not  being  able  to  chase 
the  crooks  from  town.  One  of  the  papers  caustically  asked  if  they 
wanted  the  population  cut  in  half.  Election  days  were  riotous,  one 
man  was  being  killed  at  the  polls,  and  a  number  injured. 

When  John  Wentworth  took  his  seat  as  mayor  in  '57  he  decided 
to  clean  up.  The  first  object  of  his  attack  was  "The  Sands,"  a  group 
of  buildings  located  on  the  lake  shore  in  the  northern  division  of  the 
city.  Nine  houses  and  shanties  stood  on  a  sand  dune  whose  owner- 
ship was  being  disputed  in  the  United  States  distiict  courts.  None 
of  the  litigants  had  the  fortitude  to  try  to  oust  the  occupants.  Re- 
peated appeals  were  made  to  the  mayor. 

One  day  a  story  appeared  simultaneously  in  all  of  the  papers  of 
a  dog  fight  for  a  large  purse  which  was  going  to  be  held  in  the  north- 
western part  of  the  city.  Stories  followed  of  the  dogs,  the  condi- 
tions and  of  the  purse.  Public  interest  was  high. 

On  the  day  of  the  fight  a  deputy  sheriff  with  writs  of  ejectment, 
accompanied  by  Mayor  Wentworth  with  thirty  policemen  and  a 
large  posse  of  citizens,  marched  over  to  "The  Sands."  The  male 
population  was  at  the  dog  fight.  The  women  were  given  time  to  re- 
move their  furniture  and  effects  into  the  road  and  hooks  and  chains 
were  used  to  pull  down  five  disorderly  houses  and  four  shanties. 

Six  houses  were  left,  the  occupants  promising  to  vacate  them 
later.  The  next  day  they  were  burned  to  the  ground,  presumably  in 
revenge.  People  who  had  lived  in  "The  Sands"  moved  into  Chicago 
and  for  the  next  six  months  the  police  were  busy  raiding  new  brothels 
and  dives  which  sprang  up. 

At  this  time  Mayor  Wentworth  took  personal  charge  of  the  police 
force.  Because  of  newspaper  attacks  he  caused  weekly  reports  to 
be  made  to  him.  Robberies  averaged  fifty  a  week  and  the  number 
of  burglaries  also  ran  into  two  figures.  Gambling  resorts  had  run 
wide  open  in  the  prosperous  times  previous  to  his  administration  and 
he  undertook  to  close  them. 

One  July  evening  Captain  Yates  raided  the  largest  gaming  house 
in  the  city,  which  was  located  on  Randolph  street  near  Clark.  Eighteen 


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men  were  arrested  and  subsequently  discharged.     The  police  depart- 
ment was  discouraged.     No  further  raids  are  recorded. 

Late  in  October  the  police  assisted  in  a  $500,000  fire  which  swept 
the  block  at  South  Water  and  Lake  streets,  killing  eighteen  people. 
The  fire  caused  a  panic  and  Captain  Yates  worked  day  and  night 
with  his  men  to  prevent  wholesale  robberies. 

Mayor  Wentworth  went  out  of  office  with  the  general  clamor  for 
a  change  from  conditions  which  had  resulted  in  the  worst  year, 
economically,  Chicago  had  ever  experienced.  There  was  literally 
nothing  doing.  Even  the  newspapers  reduced  their  size  to  remain 
alive. 

John  Haines,  who  succeeded  Wentworth,  was  an  optimist.  From 
their  sober  uniforms  and  leather  badges  the  police  force  blossomed 
forth  in  bright  blue  uniforms  with  gold  trimmed  blue  caps  and  a 
brass  star.  A  few  of  the  leather  badges  are  still  in  existence,  pre- 
served as  curiosities.  The  bright  plumage  was  discarded  two  years 
later  when  Wentworth  was  re-elected  mayor. 

Under  Haines,  Jacob  Rehm  became  city  marshal  and  J.  M.  Kennedy 
captain  of  police.  Their  salaries  were  $1,500. 

With  Wentworth's  second  administration  came  the  creation  of  a 
police  board  of  three  commissioners  by  the  legislature  to  relieve 
future  mayors  of  the  duty  of  caring  for  the  force.  Public  opinion 
created  this  board.  Wentworth  had  cut  down  the  force  to  a  captain, 
six  lieutenants  and  fifty  patrolmen.  It  proved  inadequate  and  for 
the  sake  of  his  economical  policy,  as  he  called  it,  the  city  was  left 
easy  prey  to  criminals  which  crowded  Chicago  the  four  years  pre- 
ceding the  war. 

So  much  criticism  was  incurred  that  a  complaint  board  was 
created.  Later  it  was  discontinued  for  the  same  reason. 

The  new  law  prescribed  a  general  superintendent,  a  deputy  super- 
intendent, three  captains,  six  sergeants,  sixty  policemen,  and  as 
many  more  of  the  latter  as  the  city  council  saw  fit  to  appoint.  The 
governor  appointed  the  commissioners. 

Wentworth  was  offended.  The  organization  he  had  built  up  was 
going  to  be  shattered.  Many  of  his  henchmen  were  going  to  be  dis- 
charged. Accordingly,  on  March  21,  1861,  when  the  police  board 
was  holding  its  first  meeting,  he  instructed  every  member  of  the 
force  to  appear  at  the  city  hall.  The  board  was  holding  its  first 
meeting  in  the  basement.  Shortly  after  it  had  adjourned  and  after 
he  knew  what  it  was  going  to  do,  he  made  a  speech.  He  told  the 
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saying  it  was  the  "most  economical  the  city  had  ever  had."  Then 
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every  one  of  them.  Rather  than  have  them  undergo  this  humiliation, 
he  said,  he  would  discharge  them  himsel.  He  did  so  and  from  two 
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Citizens    called    his    action    dislovn1.    reckless    and    disgraceful.      The 
police  board  appointed  a  new  force  the  same   morning. 

Cyrus  Bradley  was  appointed  superintendent  and  he,  in  turn,  ap- 
pointed Capt.  John  Nelson  as  his  deputy.  On  the  evening  of  June 
18  Wentworth  called  the  new  police  force  to  the  city  hall  and  or- 
dered them  to  remove  every  overhanging  sign,  awning  and  post  which 
obstructed  the  sidewalk.  Merchants  had  constructed  permanent 
awnings  under  which  to  display  their  goods.  Wentworth's  orders 
were  carried  out  and  the  goods  were  placed  at  the  north  end  of 
South  Market  Hall,  on  State  street.  There  was  much  complaining 
by  merchants,  but  for  once  "Long  John"  had  public  opinion  on  his 
side. 

In  '61  Julian  Rumsey  succeeded  Wentworth.  On  the  police  board 
William  Coventry  represented  the  North  Division,  Williajn  Wayman 
the  West  and  Frederick  Tuttle  the  South  Division.  Under  Rumsey 
they  made  numerous  changes  and  improvements.  Bradley  disciplined 
the  men  severely,  and  men  under  him  proved  to  be  of  great  value  in 
detaining  conscripts,  arresting  deserters  and  assisting  the  government 
in  the  capture  of  counterfeiters. 

When  Bradley  resigned  in  '63,  Jacob  Rehm  was  promoted  to  the 
superintendency.  When  he  attempted  to  resign  a  month  later  for 
unknown  reasons  the  board  refused  to  accept  his  resignation.  Bradley 
was  made  secretary  of  the  board  and  a  change  in  the  law  made  the 
mayor  an  ex-officio  member. 

Under  Rehm  the  city  was  divided  into  precincts.  The  150,000 
people  in  Chicago  being  divided  into  three  districts.  Rehm  served 
the  first  year  of  the  administration  of  Francis  Sherman,  the  first 
mayor  elected  for  the  two-year  term.  There  is  little  record  of  the 
work  of  the  administration  during  war  times. 

Capt.  William  Tuttle  was  made  general  superintendent  when  Rehm's 
resignation  was  accepted  in  '64.  It  was  during  the  first  few  months 
of  his  command  that  the  fire  alarm  telegraph  service  was  installed 
with  165  boxes.  The  population  was  then  estimated  approximately 
200,000  and  the  years  '64  and  '65  saw  a  large  number  of  public  im- 
provements carried  out.  Seventeen  miles  of  wooden  water  pipes  were 
laid,  the  letter  delivery  service  went  into  effect,  the  first  lake  water 
tunnel  was  completed  and  the  leveling  of  the  Illinois  Canal,  to  purify 
the  then  "obnoxious"  river  was  accomplished. 

The  second  year  of  the  war  proved  an  exciting  one  for  the  police 
department.  Bad  men  from  the  West  came  to  Chicago  and  turned 
confidence  men.  A  clique  of  sluggers  grew  into  power  and  the  police 
force  had  numerous  pitched  battles  with  them. 

Patrolman  James  Powers  became  noted  in  these  scraps  for  com- 
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in  the  shape  of  "Big  Denny"  O'Brien,  an  Iowa  tough,  who  visited 
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one  day,  driving  up  and  down  Clark  street,  breaking  the  speed  limit. 
Powers  halted  him  and  was  attacked  and  terribly  beaten  with  his 
own  club.  O'Brien  escape.  Months  later,  when  just  back  on  the 
force  Powers  was  thrown  against  a  curbstone  in  a  fight  with  a 
burglar  and  received  internal  injuries.  He  was  granted  a  furlough 
and  a  few  weeks  later  dropped  dead. 

Under  the  leadership  of  Chief  Bradley,  Capt.  Nelson  performed 
many  deeds  which  were  long  remembered.  Chief  among  them  was 
his  arrest  of  "Captain"  Hyman,  a  professional  gambler  who  oc- 
casionally paraded  through  town  with  two  guns  defying  arrest.  Nelson 
one  day  walked  into  a  hotel  where  Hyman  had  taken  possession 
and  captured  him  singlehanded.  Later  the  gambler  admitted  that 
Nelson  was  the  only  man  on  earth  that  he  feared. 

In  '64,  when  the  Chicago  Times  was  suppressed  by  General  Burn- 
side,  it  took  the  whole  police  force  to  maintain  order.  A  few  days 
later  they  were  again  called  to  prevent  the  lynching  of  a  "rebel" 
speaker  who  persisted  in  abusing  President  Lincoln  before  un- 
sympathetic audiences. 

The  famous,  or  infamous,  Garrity  brothers  were  then  in  their 
prime  and  many  are  the  deeds  told  of  these  two  men  who  caused 
the  police  trouble  for  years.  Mike  Garrity  disarmed  and  beat  De- 
tective Bellinger  who  attempted  to  arrest  him  for  burglary.  The 
fight  was  witnessed  by  hundreds,  yet  Garrity  escaped  to  be  arrested 
and  sent  to  prison  later. 

The  "stay-at-homes"  were  making  money  and  the  number  of 
gambling  resorts  grew  till  at  last  the  police  decided  to  make  another 
attempt  to  close  them  up.  It  was  decided  to  "pinch  the  classiest 
joint  in  town  for  a  test  case"  and  the  first  raid  was  made  on  a  resort 
owned  by  Frank  Connelly  which  was  located  over  the  Senate,  a 
saloon  at  Dearborn  and  Randolph  streets.  Several  prominent  busi- 
ness men  were  arrested.  Connelly  provided  carriages  to  take  his 
patrons  to  the  station  and  later  paid  the  fines  of  the  whole  party. 
He  opened  up  the  next  day  as  though  nothing  had  occurred. 

In  an  old  frame  building  on  Monroe  street  there  was  a  negro 
gambling  parlor  which  the  police  decided  to  put  out  of  business. 
The  raid  was  made  during  a  snowstorm  and  while  attempting  to 
find  the  glass  skylight  Patrolman  Pilgrim  fell  through  right  on  top 
of  a  "crap  table"  where  he  was  bruised  by  the  dice.  Several  of  the 
negroes  jumped  through  windows.  They  were  all  captured  and  the 
police  succeeded  in  closing  the  place.  The  proprietor  attempted  to 
pay  all  the  fines  as  Connelly  had  done,  and  went  bankrupt. 

Immediately  following  the  war  the  population  of  Chicago  took 
another  jump.  Disbanding  armies  glutted  the  labor  market  and 
wages  in  many  instances  went  from  $10  to  $2  a  day.  Some  took  it 
philosophically,  others  quit  work  altogether  and  took  to  easier  ways 
of  making  money  not  altogether  honest, 


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New  buildings  were  constantly  going  up  and  the  state  legislature 
thought  the  city  council  so  incompetent  that  they  turned  over  to 
the  control  of  the  police  board  all  matters  pertaining  to  health  and 
fire  conditions.  So  much  of  the  time  of  the  board  was  taken  by 
this  fresh  load  of  duties  that  the  police  department  suffered.  The 
entire  force  in  1866  consisted  of  166  men  who  manned  three  precinct 
stations  and  three  substations. 

Under  Mayor  John  Rice's  administration  in  '66  Jacob  Rehm  again 
took  command  of  the  force  supplanting  Turtle  who  resigned.  An 
official  report  of  the  work  the  department  accomplished  says: 

There  were  23,315  arrests  made. 
Fines   amounted   to  $143,821. 
Stolen  property  reported,  $268,432. 
Stolen  property  recovered,  $206,003. 

The  principal  charges  then  were:  Arson,  100;  adultery,  50;  assault 
with  intent  to  kill,  104;  assault  with  deadly  weapon,  83;  assault  with 
intent  to  rob,  17;  assault  to  commit  bodily  injury,  54;  burglary,  127; 
forgery,  64;  inmates  of  disorderly  resorts,  1,670;  keeping  disorderly 
resort,  542;  larceny,  1,765;  murder,  3;  riot,  340;  rape,  3;  robbery, 
66.  This  has  been  declared  one  of  the  most  remarkable  reports  in 
the  history  of  the  department.  When  the  report  was  made  public  the 
newspapers  were  for  once  abashed.  They  united  "in  handing  the 
palm"  to  the  department. 

Public  feeling  went  clear  up  to  the  legislature  and  the  police  com- 
missioners were  instructed  hereafter  to  devote  their  whole  time  to 
their  jobs.  A  raise  in  salary  was  provided  for  everyone;  the  com- 
missioner's was  fixed  at  $2,500,  the  general  superintendent's  not  more 
than  $3,000,  captain's  $2,000  and  sergeant's  $1,500. 

The  year  1871  was  ushered  in  with  R.  B.  Mason  serving  his  sec- 
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"war  fortunes"  and  whole  blocks  of  shacks  were  being  replaced  with 
brick  and  granite  structure.  Real  estate  speculators  were  busy  and 
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CHAPTER  III 

THE    FIRE 


IT  is  to  be  regretted  that  no  more  facts  are  recorded  regarding 
the  bravery  and  supreme  self-sacrifice  of  the  police  force  in  the 
great  holocaust  which  swept  Chicago  on  the  8th,  9th,  and  10th  days 
of  October,  1871.  The  police  force  consisted  of  310  men,  all  told. 
One  hundred  and  fifty  of  them  were  burned  out,  yet  they  remained  on 
duty,  not  knowing  where  their  families  were,  not  attempting  to  save 
their  property,  but  calm,  and  with  wonderful  discipline  they  strove 
with  the  fire  department  to  quench  the  flames,  and  when  failing, 
went  to  the  assistance  of  terror  stricken  and  horror  numbed  people 
aimlessly  fleeing  the  flames. 

W.  W.  Kennedy  was  superintendent  and  Wells  Sherman  was  his 
deputy  at  this  time.  In  the  red  days  and  black  nights  following  the 
fire  they  patrolled  the  waste  of  ashes,  never  eating  sitting  down  and 
sleeping  in  naps.  More  than  75,000  people  were  homeless.  Thou- 
sands more  were  panic-stricken  by  wild  rumors  circulating  that 
bands  of  thugs  were  going  about  sacking  districts  which  had  escaped. 

Hundreds  of  ghouls  were  reported  combing  the  ruins  and  patrol 
parties  were  organized  to  help  the  police.  There  was  little  co-opera- 
tion between  these  self-constituted  bands  of  law  preservers,  and  short 
shrift  was  given  those  found  in  the  ruins.  Several  mistakes  were 
made  and  the  exact  number  of  thieves  and  innocent  persons  has  never- 
been  computed.  Panicky  and  inexperienced,  these  bands  increased 
confusion  and  when  the  troops  reported  for  duty  the  members  of 
the  force  were  allowed  to  sleep  two  days  to  catch  up. 

A  regiment  of  old  soldiers  was  sworn  in  for  twenty  days'  duty 
by  Lieut.  General  Sheridan  and  he  was  intrusted  by  the  mayor  to 
police  the  city.  From  the  llth  to  the  23rd  of  October  his  troops 
remained  on  guard.  The  end  of  this  military  rule  was  hastened  when 
a  citizen  was  shot  by  a  soldier  when  he  refused  to  obey  a  command 
to  halt.  The  police  board  was  put  out  over  the  mayor's  action  em- 
powering Sheridan  as  chief  of  police  and  sharp  correspondence  was 
exchanged  before  the  shooting  occurred. 

The  police  department  lost  properties  valued  at  $72,680  in  the 
fire._  Among  them  were  620  muskets  and  six  brass  cannons  with 
equipment  which  were  destroyed.  These  two  items  have  never  been 
replaced.  Property  valued  at  $20,000  in  the  hands  of  the  police 
custodian  also  was  lost. 

The  fire  was  made  an  election  issue  as  Joseph  Medill,  the  "fire 
proof"  candidate  was  elected  overwhelmingly.  The  people  held  the 
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The  following  Resolution  was  issued  when  the  fire  practically 
had  been  brought  under  control : 

WHEREAS,  in  the  providence  of  God,  to  whose  will  we  hum- 
bly submit,  a  terrible  calamity  has  befallen  our  city,  which  de- 
mands of  us  our  best  efforts  for  the  preservation  of  order  and 
the  reliefe  of  suffering. 

Be  it  known  that  the  faith  and  credit  of  the  city  of  Chicago  is 
herey  pledged  for  the  necessary  expenses  for  the  relief  of  the 
suffering.  Public  order  will  be  preserved.  The  police  and  special 
police  now  being  appointed  will  be  responsible  for  the  mainte- 
nance of  peace  and  the  protection  of  property.  All  officers  and 
men  of  the  fire  department  and  of  the  health  department  will  act 
as  special  police  without  further  notice.  The  mayor  and  comp- 
troller will  give  vouchers  for  all  supplies  furnished  by  the  differ- 
ent relief  committees.  The  headquarters  of  the  city  government 
will  be  at  the  Congregational  Church,  corner  of  West  Washington 
and  Ann  streets.  All  persons  are  warned  against  any  acts  tending 
to  endanger  property.  All  persons  caught  in  any  depredations 
will  be  immediately  arrested. 

With  the  help  of  God,  order  and  peace  and  private  property 
shall  be  preserved.  The  city  government  and  committees  of  citi- 
zens pledge  themselves  to  the  community  to  protect  them  and 
prepare  the  way  for  a  restoration  of  public  and  private  welfare. 

It  is  believed  that  the  fire  has  spent  its  force  and  all  will  soon 
be  well. 

R.  B.  Mason,  Mayor. 

George  Taylor,  Comptroller. 

Charles  C.  P.  Holden,  President  Common  Council. 

T.  P.  Brown,  President  Board  of  Police. 

Chicago,  October  9th,  1871. 


The  story  of  the  bravery  and  fortitude  of  the  force  during  the 
fire  bore  fruit  and  a  month  afterwards  it  was  announced  that 
$10,044.66  had  been  received  from  the  following  sources: 

Boston  police  department $1,384.00 

Brooklyn  police   department 3,047.71 

Baltimore   police    department 925.00 

Cleveland  police  department 2,000.00 

Buffalo  police  department 500.00 

Milwaukee  police  department 200.00 

Louisville  police  department 300.00 

Worcester  police   department 165.00 

Memphis  police  department 189.00 

Quebec  police  department 40.25 

New  Orleans  police  department 56.75 

St.  Louis  police  department 1,100.00 

Massachusetts  constabulary  212.00 

Sullivan  &  Blanchard,  Detroit 25.00 

This  money  was  devoted  to  those  policemen  who  had  lost 
everything  in  the  fire.  Grateful  letters  were  written  by  Chief 
Kennedy  for  this  tribute  to  his  men. 


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CHAPTER  IV 

HARD    TIMES  AND   RIOT  FOL- 
LOWING THE  FIRE 


Immediately  following  the  fire  police  headquarters  were  estab- 
lished in  a  school  house  at  Wabash  avenue  and  Harrison  street. 
A  few  weeks  later  they  were  moved  to  another  school  building 
at  Harrison  street  and  Pacific  avenue,  where  they  remained  till 
the  new  Armory  was  completed.  In  1873  the  present  East  Chi- 
cago avenue  station  was  opened  with  much  ceremony.  It  was 
a  palatial  building  at  that  time  and  even  now  it  is  better  than  the 
miserable  quarters  which  the  police  department  calls  its  quarters. 
This  building  cost  slightly  more  than  $24,000. 

The  police  and  fire  departments  had  been  paid  the  Saturday 
preceding  the  catastrophe  and  so  were  in  a  position  to  do  all  in 
their  power  to  help  reorganize  the  city. 

The  years  of  '71  and  '72  were  ushered  in  with  prosperous 
times.  In  '71  the  population  increased  at  the  rate  of  5,000  a 
week.  Work  was  plentiful.  Still  the  criminal  element  grew. 

The  fire  had  destroyed  landmarks,  it  had  purified  slums,  and 
also  had  turned  some  respectable  neighborhoods  into  disreput- 
able slums.  Gangs  of  criminals  hid  in  the  ruins  and  in  the  ris- 
ing buildings.  In  their  efforts  to  cope  with  the  thugs,  sluggers, 
burglars  and  footpads,  the  force  had  been  compelled  to  allow 
the  gambler,  the  disorderly  resort,  the  confidence  men  and  bunco 
steerers,  practically  to  go  unmolested. 

Then  reformers  came  to  the  front.  A  Committee  of  Seventy 
was  organized.  Speeches  were  made  and  pressure  was  brought 
to  bear  on  Mayor  Medill  to  close  up  the  town,  to  enforce  the 
Sunday  closing  law  and  to  oust  the  gamblers.  A  committee  of 
fifteen  called  on  the  mayor.  He  yielded  but  little  and  to  capitu- 
late he  dismissed  Supt.  Kennedy  and  appointed  Elmer  Wash- 
burn  head  of  the  force.  Washburn,  formerly  a  secret  service 
man,  had  a  weakness  for  orders.  He  rarely  said  or  did  anything. 
Everything  came  from  him  in  the  form  of  an  order.  Mayor 
Medill's  attempt  to  enforce  the  Sunday  closing  order  caused  his 
defeat  in  the  next  election  and  Washburn  was  succeeded  by  Jacob 
Rehni  as  superintendent  of  police. 


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While  the  panic  of  '71  was  upon  the  country  Chicago  was 
prosperous  and  it  was  not  until  the  fall  of  1872  that  poverty  and 
want  reared  their  heads  in  the  city.  Wages  began  to  decline, 
the  thousands  of  immigrants  were  unable  to  obtain  work,  and 
lawlessness  increased. 

Workingmen  held  mass  meetings  and  forming  in  line  they 
marched  upon  the  city  hall  to  demand  "work  for  all"  and  that 
the  city  appropriate  money  to  care  for  the  poverty  stricken  if 
necessary.  The  police  saw  15,000  men  march  in  a  silent  parade 
upon  the  city  hall,  present  their  demands  to  the  common  council, 
and  disperse  in  perfect  order.  Later  the  council  replied  that  they 
did  not  have  the  money  needed  for  this  work. 

Attention  was  then  directed  to  the  $3,000,000  fund  donated  by 
the  world  to  the  Chicago  fire  victims,  which  was  being  held  by 
the  Relief  and  Aid  Society.  Another  delegation  asked  the  city 
to  take  over  this  money  to  relieve  the  unemployed.  \Vorking- 
men  asserted  this  fund  was  being  used  for  speculation  for  the 
benefit  of  the  members  of  the  society.  The  situation  was  ignored 
by  the  directors  of  that  institution.  C.  G.  Trusdell,  its  president, 
told  a  reporter  that  he  never  read  the  newspapers  and  that  he 
didn't  think  there  was  anything  unusual  in  the  situation  with 
which  the  city  was  confronted  This  so  inflamed  the  public  that 
tremendous  crowds  gathered  at  the  offices  of  the  society  on  La 
Salle  street.  The  police,  under  the  direction  of  Joseph  Dixon 
and  Captain  M.  C.  Hickey  disbanded  the  crowd  with  little  trouble. 
Early  inhabitants  called  this  the  "bread  riot." 

Conditions  grew  worse.    The  riots  of  '77  resulted. 

Before  relating  that  bit  of  history  it  may  be  well  to  mention 
few  facts  found  relative  to  the  department  at  that  time.  In  '74 
a  larger  appropriation  for  the  department  was  asked  and  the 
police  board  submitted  the  following  figures  to  support  their 
demands. 

Number  of  men  in  the  department  :    Superintendent,  three  cap- 
tains, 17  sergeants  and  525  patrolmen. 
Number  of  men  on  duty  at  one  time  ........................................  244 

Average  number  of  acres  to  a  beat  ..........................................  93^2 

Average  number  of  miles  to  a  beat 


The  increase  was  granted.  In  '75  it  was  proposed  to  add  150 
men  to  the  force.  It  was  in  the  skirmish  for  more  cash  to  pro- 
vide these  men  that  the  office  of  the  city  marshal  was  done  away 
with. 


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It  was  this  year  that  the  amount  of  goods  stolen  decreased  from 
$347,598  to  $182,590.  Thirteen  policemen  were  injured  making 
arrests.  The  number  of  police  precincts  was  increased  to  four, 
West  Chicago  being  counted  as  one. 

In  1876  the  unemployed  began  to  crowd  the  streets  and  serious 
trouble  arose  in  the  lumber  district  where  some  Bohemians  went 
on  strike  to  prevent  a  further  pay  decrease.  Numbers  of  arrests 
were  made  and  the  police  in  preventing  meetings  prevented  riots. 
Individual  encounters  were  many  and  a  large  number  of  the 
strikers  were  killed  and  injured  in  making  attacks  on  men  who 
took  their  jobs. 

As  Socialism  and  the  labor  movement  grew  closer  together  a 
black  cloud  hovered  over  the  country.  Everywhere  wages  were 
being  cut.  The  Baltimore  and  Ohio  railroad  after  already  reduc- 
ing its  wages  25%  decided  to  make  another  decrease  of  10%. 
Somewhere  down  in  Pennsylvania  a  group  of  men  went  on  strike. 
It  spread.  The  road  was  tied  up.  Workingmen  struck  on  other 
roads  in  sympathy.  On  July  19,  1877,  the  United  States  was  tied 
up  by  a  gigantic  railroad  strike.  Serious  riots  occurred  in  Penn- 
sylvania and  Ohio.  A  general  strike  swept  the  East.  It  advanced 
to  Pittsburgh.  Chicago  was  horrified  by  the  report  that  Pitts- 
burgh was  in  the  hands  of  a  mob.  Chicago  was  thrilled  when  the 
New  York  police  force  attacked  a  parade  of  180,000  working- 
men  and  the  list  of  injured  was  reported  to  be  in  the  hundreds. 

Sunday,  July  22,  always  will  be  remembered  in  the  history  of 
Chicago.  It  was  the  day  when  the  Chicago  Daily  News  was  born. 
It  was  a  day  when  the  churches  were  empty,  when  preachers  in 
solitude  offered  up  prayers  to  the  Almighty  to  save  the  nation 
from  the  calamity  impending.  Downtown  streets  were  crowded. 
Orators  told  of  the  millineum  from  soap  boxes  while  the  crowds 
discussed  the  bulletins  from  the  East.  The  bulletins  were  not  the 
only  subject  of  discussion.  Wages  had  gone  down  from  $10  a 
day  to  $2. 

In  1874  24,899  arrests  were  made,  the  majority  of  them  being 
tradesmen  out  of  work.  Under  the  rule  of  Supt.  Washburn  and 
the  police  force  were  kept  busy  "rounding  up  the  boes"  bringing 
them  in  batches  before  the  police  justices,  who  gave  them  a  time 
limit  to  "get  out  of  town."  The  bridewell  was  overcrowded.  And 
crime  increased. 

In  the  early  weeks  of  July  great  mass  meetings  had  been  held 
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or  Blood''  was  held  aloft  and  cheered  by  the  crowd.  The  police 
did  not  interfere.  The  mayor  and  aldermen  counseled  patience. 
They  thought  the  agitation  would  die  a  natural  death,  as  it  had 
done  in  preceding  years. 

On  this  Sunday  the  governing  heads  of  the  city  realized  that 
news  from  Pittsburgh  would  involve  Chicago  into  like  riots.  A 
delegation  of  citizens  called  at  the  Daily  News  and  asked  the 
editor  to  suspend  publication  till  the  trouble  had  died  down.  The 
editor  refused,  with  a  piece  of  telegraph  tape  in  his  hand.  Com- 
munists, socialists  and  anarchists  held  meetings  that  night  and 
couriers  went  from  place  to  place,  calling  on  everyone  to  be  pres- 
ent at  a  giant  demonstration  to  be  held  on  Market  street  between 
Washington  and  Madison.  The  meeting  Monday  night  was  called 
a  success  by  the  radical  papers.  Street  cars  were  blocked  while 
speakers  harangued  the  crowds  from  improvised  platforms. 
Albert  Parsons,  later  hung  for  his  participation  in  the  Haymarket 
riot,  was  one  of  the  speakers,  most  of  whom  counseled  prudence 
and  caution. 

Mayor  Heath  had  issued  orders  that  no  interference  be  given  to 
the  meeting.  Detectives  and  policemen  mingled  with  the  crowd 
which  was  orderly.  The  crowd  went  home  at  10  o'clock.  Next 
day  trouble  began.  Policemen  had  been  ordered  held  in  readi- 
ness at  the  different  stations  and  early  in  the  morning  the  tele- 
graph instruments  began  to  bring  in  news  of  movements  of  mobs 
in  the  factory  districts  who  were  forcing  the  workmen  to  come 
out  on  strike.  A  squad  of  25  police  under  Captain  Seavey  met  one 
of  these  groups  and  broke  it  up  at  Union  and  Canal  streets.  An- 
other crowd  threatening  to  sack  a  gun  store  on  State  street  was 
broken  up  by  Lieutenant  Bell  with  a  squad. 

Superintendent  M.  C.  Hickey  then  ordered  all  pawnbrokers  to 
hide  their  weapons.  Strikes  continued  to  be  called  all  afternoon. 
Mobs  grew  in  size  and  the  police  force  became  weary  of  rushing 
from  one  point  to  another  to  break  up  the  straggling  crowds  which 
fled  before  them  only  to  reappear  in  formation,  blocks  distant. 

Another  Market  street  meeting  was  called  for  Tuesday  even- 
ing. Fearing  the  consequences  of  inflammatory  speeches  on  the 
crowd  Chief  Hickey  instructed  Lieutenants  Gerbing  and  Baus  to 
disperse  the  crowd  with  75  men.  They  did  so  by  firing  volleys  of 
blank  cartridges  and  using  their  clubs  on  those  who  showed  fight. 
A  panic  ensued  and  the  meeting  was  broken  up.  Learning  of  the 
ruse  the  strikers  became  angry  with  themselves  and  set  out  the 
next  day  wandering  aimlessly  about  the  streets  "waiting  for  some- 
body to  start  something." 


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Mayor  Heath  then  threw  the  entire  police  force  into  the  West 
Side.  Groups  of  armed  citizens  paroled  the  middle-class  and  the 
society  districts.  The  first  patrol  wagons  were  made  from  those 
donated  to  the  city  by  business  houses.  Three  hundred  special 
police  were  sworn  in  and  armed  to  the  teeth  in  anticipation  of 
trouble.  Deputy  Superintendent  Dixson  took  command  of  the 
outside  forces.  Military  rule  was  instituted  and  Lieut.  Frederick 
Ebersold  was  made  quartermaster.  In  his  report  Supt.  Hickey 
estimated  that  on  that  Tuesday  not  less  than  20,000  men  were  un- 
der arms. 

Pinkertons  had  been  hired  to  guard  the  McCormick  Harvester 
Works  and  a  group  of  strikers  attempted  to  get  into  the  plant  to 
call  a  strike.  Lieutenants  Versey  and  Callaghan  with  36  men  at- 
tacked the  crowd  of  900  strikers  and  fired  on  them.  Two  police- 
men were  injured  by  bricks  and  a  number  of  strikers  were 
wounded. 

On  the  Twelfth  street  viaduct  many  of  the  strikers  made  their 
headquarters  to  throw  missiles  at  trains  which  had  to  pass  under 
this  bridge  to  go  to  and  from  the  depot.  At  Sherman  and  Taylor 
streets,  Canal  and  Twelfth  streets,  Fifteenth  and  Dearborn  and  at 
the  west  end  of  the  Polk  street  bridge  the  police  battled  with  the 
strikers.  Bricks  were  thrown  and  shots  were  fired. 

Still  another  meeting  was  called  for  Wednesday  night  in  Market 
street.  Again  Lieut.  Gerbings  50  patrolmen  cleared  the  streets, 
though  they  broke  heads  in  doing  so.  This  time  no  shots  were 
fired.  Four  lieutenants  with  200  men  were  guarding  the  bridges 
at  this  time  expecting  reinforcements  from  the  West  Side.  At 
Randolph  street  a  crowd  did  attempt  to  cross  but  were  driven  back 
by  the  police  who  drew  up  in  line  across  Market  street  and  fought 
desperately.  Because  of  the  number  of  women  and  children  in 
among  the  strikers  the  police  did  not  use  their  guns.  When  the 
rioters  returned  for  $he  third  time  a  volley  was  fired  over  their 
heads.  No  further  attempt  at  a  crossing  was  made. 

At  the  roundhouse  of  the  C.  B.  &  Q.  railroad  on  West  Sixteenth 
street  a  crowd  was  reported.  Policemen  in  the  hastily  constructed 
patrol  wagons  drove  up  to  that  point  and  Lieutenant  Callaghan, 
reinforced  by  a  detail  under  Sergeant  Ryan,  attacked  the  strikers. 
Stones  and  bullets  flew  and  fifteen  policemen  were  injured.  Two 
rioters  were  killed  and  a  large  number  were  wounded. 

The  main  crowd  now  appeared  to  be  on  Halsted  street,  and  200 
police,  commanded  by  Lieutenants  Alacauley,  Blettner  and  Bell, 


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led  the  attack.  At  Halsted  and  Fifteenth  streets  the  crowd  was 
broken  up.  It  re-formed  several  blocks  north  and  a  second  detail 
of  100  men  under  Lieutenant  Wood  dispersed  them  there. 

The  same  day  Mayor  Heath  decided  to  call  out  5,000  old  soldier 
citizens,  two  companies  of  U.  S.  troops  arrived  fresh  from  the 
Indian  Campaigns  of  the  plains.  They  were  put  up  at  the  Armory 
where  they  had  their  first  bath  in  months. 

Wednesday  night  all  bridges  to  the  West  Side  were  swung  and 
the  downtown  streets  were  paraded  by  groups  of  armed  men. 
Thursday  Deputy  Superintendent  Dixson  took  personal  command 
of  the  force  and  marched  towards  the  Sixteenth  street  viaduct,  the 
citadel  of  the  strikers.  Marching  over  the  viaduct  twice  to  clear 
out  the  mob  the  police  were  thrown  into  confusion  by  the  open- 
ing of  the  bridge  by  a  striker,  dividing  their  forces.  A  terrific 
battle  was  taking  place  at  the  West  Side  end  of  the  viaduct,  and 
when  a  14-year-old  boy  swung  the  bridge  shut  the  police  dashed 
to  the  rescue  of  their  comrades.  That  battle  of  the  bridge  was 
the  bloodiest  of  the  riots.  The  number  of  strikers  killed  will  never 
be  known.  It  is  estimated  that  32  people  were  killed  and  hundreds 
wounded.  Friday  the  strike  was  broken.  Cowed  and  beaten,  the 
men  went  back  to  work.  The  cost  of  the  strike  to  the  city  in 
material  damage  was  over  $20,000.  To  industry  it  cost  millions. 
The  wheels  had  stopped  moving  for  a  week.  Anarchism  had  its 
fling"  and  to  prevent  it  ever  having  another  the  Citizens  Association 
presented  the  police  department  with  a  Catling  gun.  It  is  still  in 
the  storehouse  of  the  police  department. 

A  total  of  300  rioters  were  arrested.  Disposition  to  keep  the 
matter  before  the  public  died  down  and  their  cases  were  never 
brought  to  trial.  The  railroad  strike  was  the  turning  point  from 
bad  to  good  times.  Industry  was  resumed  and  once  more  the 
workingmen  had  bread. 

Immediately  following  the  strike  the  police  department  obtained 
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CHAPTER  V 

RIOTS  AND  THE  POLICE  FORCE 


From  the  early  days,  when  constables  kept  peace  and  order 
in  the  city  limits,  up  to  the  present  times  the  Chicago  Police 
Force  has  been  thrown  against  crowds  and  have  quelled 
riots  which  at  different  stages  of  the  city's  growth  threatened 
the  very  life  of  the  municipality.  Taught  by  bitter  experi- 
ence former  heads  of  the  department  set  a  precedent  in  han- 
dling disorderly  crowds.  It  is  to  attack  and  disperse  the 
crowd,  or  the  rioters,  before  they  develop  a  leader  who  will 
attack  you.  This  policy  has  proved  a  success  and  in  most 
cases  where  the  force  was  called  to  action  rioters  have  been 
dispersed  before  lives  were  lost  or  property  destroyed. 

The  early  constables  and  police  chiefs  used  to  step  up  to 
the  crowd  and  order  them  to  disperse.  The  crowd  would 
question  the  authority  of  the  police,  one  of  the  rioters  would 
use  his  fist  to  punctuate  his  remarks,  the  verbal  debate,  al- 
ways highly  colored  with  picturesque  language,  would  turn 
into  a  physical  encounter  and  in  many  instances  the  police 
force  went  back  to  the  station  without  a  prisoner  to  talk 
over  the  encounter  with  the  ambulance  surgeon. 

Police  stars,  cap  badges,  clubs,  belts  and  even  the  caps 
themselves  were  considered  trophies  of  war  by  neighborhood 
gangs  who  wrote  history  with  their  fists  and  counted  time  by 
encounters  with  "The  Force."  The  gang  leaders  usually 
had  one  or  two  stars  concealed  about  their  clothing.  The 
walls  of  their  homes  were  embellished  with  all  the  parapher- 
nalia of  a  policeman's  outfit  with  the  exception  of  his  suit. 
Some  policemen  are  reported  to  have  had  two  or  three  new 
stars  made  for  them  yearly. 

In  the  more  serious  riots  men  were  killed.  The  police 
chiefs  gradually  learned  what  to  expect  and  thereafter  they 
waded  into  the  mob  without  giving  orders.  And  the  num- 
ber of  encounters  grew  less  as  the  years  rolled  on. 

In  1855,  with  the  advent  of  the  "Native  American  Party'' 
into  power,  Chicago's  police  force  experienced  their  first 
serious  riot.  It  was  a  battle  between  the  German  popula- 
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to  back  up  Mayor  Levi  Boone  in  his  narrow  oppression  of  the 
foreign  element.  The  passion  of  the  populace  was  high.  The 
err  was,  "put  none  but  Americans  on  guard."  Bitterness 
on  religious,  slavery  and  temperance  issues  caused  the  death 
of  good-fellowship  for  a  time. 

Shortly  after  the  city  council  had  ratified  his  suggestion 
to  raise  saloon  licenses  Mayor  Boone  decided  to  enforce  the 
Sunday  closing  law,  which  had  been  a  dead  issue  for  years. 
A  grog  drinker  himself,  he  professed  a  hatred  for  anybody 
who  drank  beer  and  while  he  instructed  the  police  to  enforce 
rigidly  his  Sunday  Closing  Order  in  the  foreign  portions  of 
the  city,  violations  were  winked  at  where  saloons  sold  more 
whisky  than  they  did  beer;  in  those  parts  of  the  city  where 
the  majority  of  citizens  were  native  born. 

German  saloonkeepers  decided  to  resist  and  on  the  Sun- 
day following  the  issuance  of  the  order  two  hundred  of  them 
were  arrested.  The  first  case  was  called  on  the  21st  of 
April  and  shortly  after  court  opened  an  uproar  was  heard. 
A  Turner  fife  and  drum  corp,  followed  by  foreign  saloon- 
keepers and  some  500  of  their  friends,  had  marched  across 
the  river  to  show  the  judge,  the  police  and  the  mayor  what 
they  thought  of  this  "attempt  to  deprive  them  of  rights  they 
had  formerly  enjoyed  under  a  despotic  government." 

The  police  force  at  this  time  had  been  increased  by  the 
council  to  90  men.  Cyrus  Bradley  was  general  superintend- 
ent. It  was  under  his  administration,  by  the  way,  that  the 
members  of  the  force  were  divided  into  day  and  night  patrols. 

Captain  Nichols,  on  duty  at  the  time,  asked  the  mayor  for 
instructions.  He  was  told  to  disperse  the  crowd,  which  had 
completely  blocked  Clark  and  Randolph  streets.  He  carried 
out  orders  and  a  number  of  people  who  resisted  were  ar- 
rested. The  Germans  went  back  to  the  North  Side  and  he.ld 
meetings.  Secession  from  the  city  was  talked  of,  but  it  was 
finally  decided  to  form  in  line  the  same  afternoon  and  to 
cross  the  river  and  rescue  the  prisoners.  Nichols  swore  in 
150  special  police,  raising  his  command  to  250. 

Many  members  of  the  mob  had  armed  themselves  and  it 
moved  in  two  detachments  as  two  separate  meetings  had 
been  held.  When  the  first  group  had  crossed  the  Clark 
street  bridge  the  draw  was  opened  while  the  police  broke 
up  the  crowd,  who  offered  no  resistance.  When  they  were 
disposed  of  Mayor  Boone  ordered  the  bridge  closed.  Cap- 
tain Nichols  and  his  2.50  men  stood  ready  to  prevent  the 
crowd  from  crossing. 


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In  the  front  ranks  of  the  mob  was  a  German  boy  with 
a  double  barrel  shotgun.  He  leveled  it  and  fired.  Patrol- 
man Hunt  staggered  back  and  fell  to  the  ground.  His  left 
arm  had  been  shot  off.  Sheriff  Andrews,  who  had  joined  the 
police  with  a  posse,  shot  and  killed  the  youth,  whose  name 
was  lost  to  history  in  the  fire.  At  this  the  crowd  turned 
and  fled,  the  police  pursuing  them  over  the  bridge.  Many 
other  shots  were  fired  and  it  is  related  that  several  mys- 
terious funerals  took  place  in  the  next  few  days  on  the  North 
Side.  The  police  force  lost  none  of  its  members  in  this  en-  ' 
counter,  although  many  were  injured.  The  city  council  voted 
Hunt  $3,000  for  the  loss  of  his  arm  and  in  the  years  he  re- 
mained on  the  force  he  invested  it  so  that  in  his  old  age  he 
retired  to  a  comfortable  living. 

Next  day  two  companies  of  troops  were  called  out.  But 
the  North  Siders  were  defeated.  None  of  the  cases  against 
the  saloonkeepers  were  pressed  and  the  intolerance  of  the 
population  gave  way  to  the  broader  ideals  of  the  Republican 
Party.  The  "Know-nothing"  party  died  a  natural  death  at 
the  next  election.  Thomas  Dyer  succeeded  Dr.  Boone  as 
Mayor.  At  this  time  James  Donnelly  succeeded  Darius 
Knights  as  city  marshal  and  Bradley  retired  as  Chief  of 
Police.  No  chief  was  appointed  to  succeed  him  and  J.  W. 
Connett,  who  replaced  Nichols  as  captain,  took  charge  over 
the  three  precincts  into  which  the  city  was  divided  under  the 
new  regime. 

It  was  in  the  riots  of  '77  that  the  police  department  first 
gained  the  confidence  of  the  people.  Citizens  awoke  to  the 
fact  that  the  blue  coated  guardians  who  passed  in  front  of 
their  homes  were  not  "barnacles"  and  "nuisances"  as  they 
were  called.  All  the  faith  which  was  lost  during  the  criminal 
outburst  and  outrages  after  the  fire  when  the  overtaxed,  in- 
sufficient police  force  was  helpless,  returned  and  for  the  first 
time  in  years  a  proposal  to  lower  the  salaries  of  policemen 
was  looked  upon  with  disfavor  in  the  city  council.  Of  course 
there  were  individuals  on  the  force  who  had  the  admiration 
and  the  respect  of  the  city,  but  the  great  majority  did  not 
and  many  times  the  force  escaped  a  cut  in  pay  by  a  very 
few  votes. 

Newspapers,  in  both  the  editorial  and  news  columns, 
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emergency.  All  will  bear  witness  to  the  fact  that  not  one  of 
them  flinched  or  showed  any  indication  of  shirking  duty  at 
any  time,  but  fought  twenty  times  their  numbers,  although 
almost  exhausted  from  incessant  work,  and  marching  from 
place  to  place  throughout  the  city  for  four  days  and  nights, 
and  having  little  or  no  rest  during  that  time." 

Given  creditable  mention  in  the  report  are  Captains  O'Dos- 
nell,  Seavey  and  Johnson ;  Lieutenants  Callahan,  Vesey,  Car- 
berry  ,  Bishoff,  Bell,  Ebersold,  Blettner,  Simmons,  Hood, 
Paus,  Gerbing  and  Hathaway;  and  Sergeants  Brennan  and 
Ward.  The  North  Side  division,  under  Captain  Gund,  were 
piqued  because  they  had  no  opportunity  to  display  their 
valor.  When  it  became  certain  that  the  trouble  was  confined 
to  the  West  Side,  Supt.  Hickey  was  deluged  with  applications 
for  transfers  to  the  West  Side  Division.  Hickey  was  justly 
proud  of  his  men. 

Following  the  publication  of  his  annual  report  Supt.  Hickey 
asked  the  council  tor  more  men.  At  this  time  there  were, 
aside  from  the  general  superintendent  and  his  deputy,  four 
captains,  18  lieutenants,  11  sergeants  and  481  patrolmen. 
These  were  distributed  among  the  14  police  stations  Chi- 
cago had  at  that  time.  The  council  ignored  Hickey's  recom- 
mendation and  two  years  later  the  force  was  reduced  when 
76  men  were  cut  from  the  payroll. 

Capt.  V.  A.  Seavey  succeeded  Hickey  as  General  Super- 
intendent in  '78.  His  brave  conduct  in  the  riots  had  made 
him  popular  and  to  dodge  the  crowd  waiting  to  welcome  him 
at  his  new  office  he  drove  his  buggy  into  the  alley  now  known 
as  Qjuincy  street  and  climbed  through  a  window  into  his 
office  in  the  Rookery,  where  headquarters  were  at  that  time. 

A  politician  found  him  there  and  hearing  what  he  had  done 
told  him  that  he  had  acted  foolishly,  that  he  was  going  to 
have  bad  luck  and  that  the  bad  luck  might  mean  his  death. 
Seavey  laughed,  but  a  year  later  he  died  from  a  complication 
of  diseases.  He  was  connected  with  the  force  for  10  years 
and  the  whole  city  honored  his  grave. 

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service.  In  his  annual  report  he  showed  how  Chicago  led 
the  country  for  insufficient  police  protection  by  having  only 
one  patrolman  for  every  1,200  people,  how  each  man  has 
to  cover  three  and  one-fourth  miles  of  street  at  night  and 
four  and  one-half  miles  of  street  in  the  day  time.  The  re- 
port states  how  the  force  had  been  decreased  164  men,  in- 
cluding four  officers,  in  the  preceding  three  years  and  "has 
never  yet  been  sufficiently  large  for  the  requirements  of  the 
city,  and  to  properly  protect  the  interests  of  the  people." 

"It  will,  no  doubt,  be  claimed  that  the  annual  report  of  the 
superintendent  of  police  is  always  made  the  occasion  for 
recommending  an  increase  of  the  police  force,"  the  report 
goes  on  rather  bitterly.  "This,  it  appears,  has  been  so,  but  it 
also  appears  to  have  been  the  rule  of  late  to  largely  reduce 
the  forces  whenever  an  increase  was  asked  for.  There  is 
scarcely  any  difference  of  opinion  in  respect  to  our  neces- 
sities at  the  present  time.  Therefore  I  respectfully  request 
the  additional  appointment  of  100  men." 

The  increase  was  not  granted  and  for  this  reason :  When 
Mayor  Heath  went  into  his  office  his  economical  policy  re- 
stored Chicago's  credit  and  Mayor  Carter  Harrison  decided 
to  follow  in  his  footsteps.  All  city  departments  suffered. 
Another  hardship  was  the  payment  of  the  force  in  city  scrip 
which  used  to  go  up  and  down  with  the  money  market. 
Prosperity  had  arrived  for  a  short  visit  and  many  members 
of  the  force  resigned  to  better  themselves.  At  the  end  of  '78 
the  total  force  consisted  of  376  patrolmen. 

Two  patrolmen  were  killed  while  on  duty  this  year.  James 
Kearns  died  from  injuries  he  received  when  he  fell  into  an  ex- 
cavation in  the  rear  of  176  Clark  street,  and  Albert  Race  was 
shot  down  by  two  men  in  front  of  Lesser  Friedburg's  pawn- 
shop at  494  State  street.  Friedburg's  place  had  long  been 
known  as  a  fence  and  when  Race  saw  two  men  driving  away 
in  a  buggy  loaded  with  merchandise  he  ordered  them  to  halt. 
They  did  so  and  when  he  walked  up  to  question  them  one 
fired  a  revolver  at  his  head,  killing  him  instantly.  John 
Lamb  and  "Sheeney  George"  were  arrested.  George  turned 
state's  evidence  and  because  "of  the  character  of  his  testi- 
mony" Lamb's  death  sentence  was  commuted. 

The  '77  riots  resulted  in  better  armories  being  provided  for 
state  troops  and  the  Citizens'  Association  at  this  time  had 
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pound  guns  with  carriages  and  equipment,  296  Springfield 
breech  loading  rifles  and  60,000  rounds  of  ammunition.  Tlv 
department  also  had  102  Springfield  rifles  presented  by  citi- 
zens. Under  the  regime  of  Hickey  and  Seavey,  Detective 
Leander  Bauder  was  appointed  drill  master  and  the  force  be- 
came efficient  in  the  handling  of  firearms. 

When  Acting  Superintendent  of  Police  Dixon  resigned 
Mayor  Harrison  appointed  Simon  O'Donnell  general  super- 
intendent. He  tried  to  avoid  this  promotion,  but  when  it 
was  forced  upon  him,  he  set  out  to  build  up  the  department 
and  made  strenuous  and  repeated  demands  on  the  city  coun- 
cil to  increase  the  police  department  to  800  men.  It  was 
O'Donnell  who  is  credited  together  with  Austin  J.  Doyle 
•with  building  up  the  patrol  system  of  policing  the  city.  He 
also  called  attention  to  the  inefficiency  of  the  criminal  court 
which  failed  to  handle  properly  and  promptly  all  the  cases 
the  department  brought  before  it  and  had  an  auxiliary  court 
created. 

William  McGarigle  was  thankfully  welcomed  into  the  of- 
fice of  chief  of  police  by  O'Donnell.  Nothing  of  import  hap- 
pened during  his  administration  with  the  exception  of  the 
development  of  the  patrol  service.  He  resigned  in  '82,  was 
defeated  for  sheriff  and  was  later  appointed  warden  to  t^" 
countv  hospital  where  he  became  involved  in  transaction* 
which  warranted  his  departure  from  the  city. 

The  total  number  of  men  on  the  force  in  '81  was  506.  This 
year  Patrolman  Timothy  Mahoney  was  shot  by  burglars 
whom  he  chased  from  the  home  of  Richard  Tones.  Public 
subscription  raised  a  fund  of  $5,000  for  his  familv.  Patrol- 
man Daniel  Crowley  and  Patrick  O'Brien  both  died  of  pun- 
shot  wounds.  The  Policeman's  Benevolent  Association  this 
year  paid  to  the  widows  and  orphans  of  deceased  policemen 
$5,565,  to  sick  and  injured  members  $834,  for  funeral  ex- 
penses $1,125. 

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extended  and  improved  and  still  another  increase  in  men 
was  asked  for. 

Austin  T-  Doyle,  who  succeeded  McGarigle,  presented  such 
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force  was  increased  to  924  men  during  his  administration. 
The  aldermen  at  first  laughed  at  his  request  for  $992,273.50  to 
run  the  department,  but  again  public  opinion  came  to  the 
rescue.  The  year  before  he  had  been  granted  $703,579.66  and 
he  told  the  aldermen  this  was  not  enough  and  that  the  850 
passenger  trains  arriving  daily  were  bringing  criminals  foom 
the  neighboring  cities  and  from  nearby  state  institutions 
who  should  be  watched  and  traced  by  a  large  force  of  de- 
tectives. 

"Chicago  is  the  Convention  City  and  an  immense  transient 
population  is  daily  domiciled  within  its  limits,"  he  says.  "This 
population  must  be  protected  to  a  great  extent  by  the  dav 
squad  and  the  detective  department.  When  you  consider 
that  the  average  beat  for  a  night  patrolman  measures  one- 
half  by  one-quarter  of  a  mile,  comprising  such  a  territory 
bounded  by  Halsted  street,  Center  avenue,  Madison  and 
Jackson  streets,  a  fair  idea  may  be  conceived  of  the  re- 
sponsibilities of  one  night  patrolman.  Multiply  this  territory 
three  times  and  you  have  the  area  to  be  covered  by  a  day 
patrolman." 

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Dovle  had  300  men  walking  beat.  Of  this  number  225 
were,.detailed  on  night  duty  and  75  guarded  the  city  during 
the  day.  In  order  to  distribute  the  work  fairly  the  men 
worked  in  relays,  the  day  souad  being  replaced  every  three 
months.  So  every  man  on  the  force  had  onlv  three  months 
of  day  duty  during  the  year.  He  also  pointed  out  that  the 
area  of  Chicago  was  equal  to  that  of  New  York  which  had 
2,  560  police  at  that  date.  He  figured  out  how  many  acres 
each  man  had  to  patrol  and  how  many  houses  he  had  to 
watch.  Then,  at  the  psychological  moment,  he  uncovered 
a  5  per  cent  increase  in  the  salary  list.  He  asked  that  the 
force  be  divided  into  three  groups;  those  appointed  a  year 
to  be  paid  $1,000  annually;  those  appointed  in  that  time  to 
be  paid  $900  per  annum ;  and  that  the  new  men,  constituting 
third  grade,  would  be  paid  $62.50  per  month  for  the  first 
eight  months  of  service. 

There  was  a  great  debate  in  the  council  chamber  when 
this  appropriation  bill  was  passed.  The  newsoapers  indorsed 
Doyle's  program  of  expansion  for  protection.  With  but  a 
few  minor  changes  the  bill  was  passed. 

In  '84  the  "Day  Squad"  passed  out  of  existence  to  be  re- 
placed  by  the  Central  Detail.  The  new  force  was  divided 
as  follows ;  Central  Detail  had  one  lieutenant,  one  sergeant 


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and  99  patrolmen;  the  Harrison  street  station  had  63  men; 
Twenty-second  street,  48 ;  Cottage  Grove  avenue,  46 ;  Thirty- 
fifth  street,  34;  West  Twelfth  street,  79;  Hinman  street,  49; 
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tendency,  Chief  Doyle  having  resigned.  Captain  Bonfield 
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THE  GROWTH  OF  ANARCHISM 


For  years  the  Socialist  movement  in  Chicago  grew  till  at 
length  Socialist  aldermen  and  representatives  represented  the 
working  people  of  Chicago  in  the  city  council  and  state  legis- 
lature. In  the  fight  on  Socialism  political  machine  after  po- 
litical machine  amalgamated  and  clique  after  clique  of  poli- 
ticians buried  the  hatchet  and  finally  both  the  Democratic 
and  Republican  parties  were  united  to  take  issue  with  So- 
cialism, whose  proponents  preached  the  death  of  spoils  poli- 
tics and  who  in  turn  were  called  heralds  of  "an  age  of  an- 
archy." Unwittingly  and  unknowing  the  old  parties  fostered 
the  spirit  of  anarchy  themselves.  There  was  comparative  po- 
litical peace  and  quietness  till  the  Socialist  candidates  went 
down  to  defeat  in  mysterious  and  questionable  elections. 
And  saying  that  they  could  not  expect  justice  from  political 
action  the  Socialist  leaders  turned  to  anarchism.  Socialist 
papers  began  to  incline  towards  the  anarchist's  viewpoint  and 
at  the  time  of  the  Haymarket  riot  the  transformation  was 
complete. 

It  was  in  the  early  eighties,  following  the  great  panics  of 
'73  and  '77,  that  the  United  States  passed  one  of  the  most 
crucial  points  in  its  history.  Discontent  was  nation-wide  and 
anarchism  walked  abroad.  "Councils"  and  "circles"  sprang 
up  throughout  the  country  and  reached  prominence  and 
power  among  the  labor  organizations.  A  great  question  was 
being  discussed  in  the  shops  and  factories.  It  was :  The 
Eight  Hour  Day. 

Workingmen  reasoned  that  they  were  producing  more  than 
they  could  consume  and  much  more  than  this  country  could 
dispose  of.  They  said  if  they  worked  eight  hours  a  day  they 
would  produce  less  and  so  eliminate  the  reoccurrence  of  an- 
other horrible  panic,  which  would  reduce  wages,  set  back 
living  conditions  and  eventually  project  them  into  a  state  of 
serfdom.  Our  new  citizens  from  Europe  spread  the  teach- 
ings of  famous  anarchists  and  the  Eight  Hour  Day  Move- 
ment grew. 


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Seven  in  the  morning  till  six  at  night  seven  days  a  week 
was  the  workday  at  this  peripd  and  another  powerful  argu- 
ment which  was  used  was  the  fact  that  hundreds  of  thou- 
sands of  workingmen  were  unable  to  exercise  their  right  to 
vote  because  of  the  long  working  hours.  Eight  hours  would 
enable  them  to  make  another  attempt  to  better  their  condi- 
tions through  the  ballot  box,  it  was  said. 

On  the  other  hand,  the  manufacturers  said  they  could  not 
afford  to  grant  eight  hours  a  day  because  English,  French 
and  German  workmen  labored  ten  and  twelve  hours  a  day. 
The  tariff  was  an  old  issue  even  then,  yet  they  tried  to  "put 
it  over  again."  It  failed  to  work  and  accounts  of  great  strikes 
and  industrial  troubles  rilled  the  pages  of  the  newspapers  and 
a  vague  muttering  troubled  the  ears  of  the  officials  in  Wash- 
ington. 

It  was  thought  that  radical  legislation  would  help,  but 
that  failed.  In  Pennsylvania  and  Colorado  the  miners  walked 
out.  Pitched  battles  occurred  and  accounts  of  them  are 
treasured  in  the  archives  of  the  trades  unions  of  the  coun- 
try. In  New  York  City  the  great  "unrest"  was  culminated 
when  a  mob  of  150,000  paraders  was  put  to  flight  by  the  police 
force.  In  Chicago  the  trouble  subsided  immediately  after  the 
Haymarket  riot.  This  industrial  crisis  resulted  in  improved 
working  conditions  and  great  trade  unions  grew  up  to  deal 
with  the  millionaires  who  were  made  millionaires  by  the 
great  panics.  The  masses  escaped  the  peonage  they  thought 
was  being  forced  upon  them  and  the  living  conditions  of  the 
American  people  improved  and  today  sees  an  aristocracy 
of  workers  consisting  of  those  who  belong  to  the  more  power- 
ful trade  unions  who  will  never  again  act  in  unison  with 
each  other.  The  Chicago  police  force  will  never  again  have 
to  give  battle  to  the  bricklayer,  the  carpenter,  the  machinist 
the  teamster,  the  mechanics,  ironworkers,  tailors  and  other 
trades — at  the  same  time. 

The  year  1885  opened  with  a  bitter  political  campaign. 
Carter  Harrison  was  elected  mayor  for  the  fourth  time,  de- 
feating Judge  Sydney  Smith.  The  result  of  the  election  pre- 
vented any  changes  from  being  made  in  the  department.  A 
few  weeks  after  the  inauguration  another  periodical  strike 
took  place  at  the  McCormick  Harvester  Works.  Both 
women  and  men  swarmed  in  front  of  the  plant  to  intercept 
and  sometimes  attack  strikebreakers.  The  harvester  com- 
pany did  not  apply  to  the  city  for  protection  but  hired  a 


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detail  of  Pinkerton  detectives  and  guards  to  patrol  their 
plant.  Several  times  during  the  strike  these  men  fired  upon 
the  crowds  and  a  number  of  the  strikers  were  killed  and 
wounded.  Most  of  the  clashes  occurred  along  "Black  Road" 
— a  street  connecting  the  plant  with  Blue  Island  avenue,  filled 
with  cinders  from  neighboring  factories. 

This  strike  was  brought  forward  at  all  anarchist  meetings 
and  many  of  the  labor  unions  took  it  up.  Protests  were  made 
to  the  mayor  and  finally  the  company  made  concessions, 
granted  a  15  per  cent  increase  in  the  piece  work  and  people 
went  back  to  work  with  the  belief  that  the  whole  policy  of 
the  company  had  changed. 

When  the  new  $2,000,000  Board  of  Trade  building  was 
opened  with  gorgeous  ceremony  on  Tuesday,  April  11,  the 
first  great  anarchist  demonstration  took  place.  For  many 
months  anarchist  speakers  had  been  reviling  this  building. 
Parsons,  Spies,  Fielden  and  others  always  commented  upon 
it  and  "The  International  Working  People's  Party"  called 
a  meeting  at  Market  and  Madison  streets  on  that  same  even- 
ing. The  circular  wound  up  as  follows: 

"After  the  ceremonies  and  sermons,  the  participants  will 
move  in  a  body  to  the  Grand  Temple  of  Usury,  Gambling  and 
Cut-Throatism,  where  they  will  serenade  the  priests  and  of- 
ficers of  King  Mammon  and  pay  honor  and  respect  to  the 
benevolent  institute.  All  friends  of  the  bourse  are  invited." 

The  meeting  was  called  for  8  o'clock,  but  the  North  Side 
groups  did  not  arrive  on  time  so  a  band  played  the  Mar- 
seillaise and  other  revolutionary  airs.  About  this  time  Com- 
pany "G"  of  the  Second  Regiment  passed,  affording  the 
crowd  an  opportunity  to  limber  up  their  voices  for  the  storm 
of  abuse  they  wished  to  throw  at  the  "Board  of  thieves."  The 
militia  paid  no  attention  to  the  outburst  and  marched  quietly 
on  to  the  armory. 

More  than  a  thousand  people  were  present  when  Albert 
Parsons  called  for  order.  He  introduced  Samuel  Fielden,  who 
opened  his  speech  by  stating  Boards  of  Trade  were  a  curse 
and  menace  to  the  welfare  and  comfort  of  the  people.  At 
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black  flags;  red,  he  said,  for  the  common  blood  of  humanity 
— equal  rights  of  blood,  whether  it  coursed  through  the  veins 
of  aristocrats  or  through  the  veins  of  tramps  and  beggars. 
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unfurled  whenever  a  board  of  trade  opened,  for  such  an  oc- 
currence meant  starvation  to  the  masses,  privileges  for  fe 
disqualification,  robbery  and  insult  for  others.  He  said  while 
the  original  cost  of  the  building  was  nearly  $2,000,000  it 
would  eventually  cost  Chicago  and  the  Northwest  a  billion 
dollars,  and  at  this  point  in  his  speech  he  was  interrupted 
with  groans  and  the  shouted  proposal  to  "blow  it  up  with 
dynamite."  Men  had  paid  $5,000  for  memberships,  he  went 
on,  who  had  never  earned  a  meal  in  their  lives.  It  was  an 
establishment  where  trained  thieves  preyed  on  the  people. 

Parsons  was  the  next  speaker.  He  told  how  Bishop  Cheney 
was  baptizing  the  corner  stone  and  asked  what  sort  of  a  fol- 
lower he  was  of  the  tramp  Nazarene,  Jesus,  who  scourged 
the  thieves  from  the  Board  of  Trade  of  Jerusalem.  Parsons 
concluded  by  advising  the  men  to  purchase  Colt  revolvers 
and  to  organize  for  the  rebellion  that  they  might  be  free  from 
the  rule  of  the  chosen  few. 

When  he  concluded  the  meeting  fell  into  marching  order. 
Five  abreast  and  over  a  block  in  length  the  procession  moved 
towards  the  Board  of  Trade.  Preceding  the  band  were  ten 
women  who  took  turns  in  carrying  the  flags. 

The  parade  moved  east  on  Madison  to  Clark  and  south  on  Clark 
to  Adams,  there  it  turned  west  to  enter  La  Salle.  Not  a  police- 
man was  to  be  seen,  and  the  leaders  were  congratulating  them- 
selves on  the  success  of  their  demonstration. 

When  the  first  call  for  the  meeting  was  made  Superintendent 
Doyle  had  been  called  upon  to  protect  the  board  of  trade,  and 
to  prevent  the  serenade.  Every  policeman  in  Chicago  was  held 
on  reserve  duty,  and  the  Harrison  street  squad  was  increased 
to  250  men.  Two  hundred  more  were  held  there  in  reserve,  and 
a  further  reserve  of  200  men  of  the  regular  night  force  were 
in  easy  reach.  Arrangements  were  so  made,  that  in  20  minutes 
should  a  call  be  made,  600  men  would  be  concentrated  in  front 
of  the  building. 

At  9  o'clock  squads  were  placed  at  the  intersection  of  all 
streets  leading  to  the  board  of  trade.  Inspector  Welter  was  in 
active  command,  and  when  the  anarchists  were  brought  to  a 
halt  at  La  Salle  and  Adams,  he  commanded  Spies  to  march  on, 
and  not  make  trouble.  The  paraders  continued  on  to  Fifth 
avenue  and  circled  the  board  of  trade  at  always  a  block  distant. 
Following  speeches  by  Parsons  and  Spies  at  the  office  of  the 
Arbeiter  Zeitung  the  anarchists  went  home,  the  only  trouble 


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of  the  evening  being  a  slight  injury  to  a  citizen  in  a  carriage, 
who  was  struck  by  a  brick. 

Meetings  continued,  and  circles  and  groups  were  steadily 
being  organized  for  the  avowed  purpose  of  being  ready  for  "the 
revolt,"  which  was  to  forever  free  the  working  masses  from 
the  privileged  classes.  Another  great  mass  meeting  was  held  on 
the  lake  front  Sunday  afternoon,  May  10,  under  the  auspices 
of  the  International  Workingmen's  Association.  The  Sunday 
afternoon  meetings  continued  for  the  purpose  of  "considering 
the  causes  and  remedies  for  public  discontent." 

Countrywide  unrest  continued  and  May  saw  the  Union  Ore 
Shovellers  lose  a  bloody  strike  in  which  many  heads  were  split. 
The  police  force  had  little  to  do  with  this  strike  and  the  switch- 
men's strike.  Private  guards  and  Pinkertons  were  employed 
in  both  cases.  The  force  merely  had  to  visit  after  the  fights  and 
"clean  up."  They  also  sometimes  gave  first  aid  to  the  injured. 


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CHAPTER  VII. 

THE  STREET  CAR  STRIKE 


The  street  car  strike  of  1885  found  the  police  department  fully 
prepared  and  ably  commanded.  June  20  the  street  car  conductors 
and  drivers  employed  by  the  West  Division  Railway  Company 
went  on  strike.  Three  weeks  previous  to  this  date  the  union 
presented  a  list  of  demands  to  the  company.  They  asked  that 
their  pay  be  increased  and  equalized,  that  the  terms  of  probation- 
ers be  shortened,  and  that  a  superintendent  who  was  much  dis- 
liked be  discharged  from  the  company.  These  demands  were 
complied  with,  and  at  another  meeting  the  union  expressed  its  ap- 
preciation and  satisfaction. 

On  the  day  following  the  last  meeting  a  number  of  drivers 
and  conductors,  who  had  been  the  leaders  in  the  petitioning  of 
the  company  were  discharged.  The  employes  thought  the  com- 
pany intended  subsequently  to  discharge  all  those  who  had  a 
hand  in  obtaining  better  working  conditions,  so  a  later  meeting 
was  held,  and  another  demand  was  handed  to  an  official  of  the 
street  car  company,  asking  for  justice,  and  that  the  reason  these 
men  were  discharged  be  made  public.  The  official  of  the  com- 
pany who  received  the  petition  tore  it  up  in  the  faces  of  the  com- 
mittee who  presented  it,  and  a  strike  was  called. 

On  the  morning  of  the  30th  one  car  made  the  trip  downtown. 
It  took  on  no  passengers,  and  was  jeered  and  hooted  by  the 
crowds,  whose  sympathies  were  with  the  strikers.  Superintendent 
Doyle  instructed  Captain  Bonfield  to  watch  the  barns  in  the 
third  precinct;  Captain  O'Donnell  in  the  second,  and  Captain 
Hathaway  in  the  fourth.  Deputy  sheriffs  were  detailed  to  act 
in  conjunction  with  the  police  force. 

The  second  day  of  the  strike  the  street  was  crowded  with 
omnibuses,  hacks,  trucks  and  vehicles  of  every  description,  and 
of  doubtful  age  to  carry  people  to  and  from  their  work.  The 
situation  was  similar  to  the  short  strike  Chicago  experienced 
in  1915,  but  then  one  could  ride  to  any  place  on  the  West  Side 
for  prices  averaging  between  three  and  ten  cents.  In  the  later 


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strike  auto  truck  owners  counted  their  profits  in  dollars  by  charg- 
ing 25  cents  for  a  ride  to  the  Loop  district. 

The  second  day  the  following  stafement  was  issued  by  the 
union : 

To  the  people  of  Chicago :  The  conductors  and  drivers  of  the 
West  Division  Railway  Company  desire  the -public  explicitly  to 
understand  that  they  do  not  desire  to  be  judges  of  whom  the 
company  shall  employ  or  discharge,  but  on  this  occasion,  con- 
sidering the  efficiency  of  the  discharged  men  and  their  long 
terms  of  service  in  the  employ  of  the  company,  it  is,  in  our 
estimation,  a  spiteful  and  arbitrary  act  on  the  part  of  the  offi- 
cials. If  the  company  can  produce  and  substantiate  their  charges 
against  those  men,  we  are  willing  to  abide  by  the  decision  of 
the  public. 

Public  sympathy  was  still  with  the  strikers,  and  on  the  morn- 
ing of  July  1  three  cars  were  loaded  with  bluecoats.  and  made 
the  trip  downtown.  Returning  during  the  lunch  hour  through 
the  factory  district  just  west  of  the  river  the  police  took  good 
naturedly  a  storm  of  abuse,  which  was  accompanied  with  a 
fussilade  of  small  stones  and  sticks.  At  Halsted  street  Captain 
Bonfield  discharged  his  revolver  at  a  boy  who  had  thrown  a 
stone  at  him,  and  when  he  missed  he  jumped  from  the  car  and 
arrested  him.  Deputy  Sheriff  Horton  was  struck  by  a  stone 
while  riding  on  the  first  of  the  three  cars,  and  a  number  of  ar- 
rests were  made  along  Madison  street  by  detectives  detailed 
to  prevent  outbreaks  of  the  crowd.  Later  that  afternoon  Mayor 
Harrison  personally  arrested  a  man  who  was  attempting  to  tear 
up  the  street  car  track  with  a  pickax. 

Patrolman  M.  W.  O'Brien  was  threatened  by  a  crowd  when 
he  placed  under  arrest  a  man  by  the  name  of  Sullivan,  he  caught 
in  the  act  of  throwing  a  stone.  He  held  the  crowd  at  bay  with 
his  revolver  till  a  patrol  wagon  came  to  his  rescue. 

A  number  of  cars  which  started  to  run  down  Halsted  street 
did  not  return.  Insufficiently  guarded  by  policemen  and  deputy 
sheriffs,  they  were  overturned  and  wrecked.  The  crowd  did  not 
molest  the  strikebreakers  or  the  sheriffs  who  escorted  them  to 
safety  with  the  aid  of  the  police.  Some  of  the  unifomed  men 
were  stoned,  but  fortunately  for  them,  bricks  were  not  used. 
Another  attempt  was  made  to  run  cars  on  Lake  street.  There 
the  deputy  sheriffs  acted  as  drivers.  Conductors  were  not  needed. 
Repeated  attempts  were  made  to  unhitch  the  horses  and  over- 
turn the  cars,  and  in  the  fights  which  occurred  Deputy  Sheriff 


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Finn  was  struck  on  the  side  of  the  head  with  a  stone.  He  was 
carried  to  a  drug  store  by  the  other  guards  on  the  car,  which 
was  left  to  be  picked  to  pieces  by  the  mob  for  souvenirs. 

The  next  day  no  cars  were  taken  from  the  barn.  At  a  con- 
ference between  the  street  car  and  the  city  officials,  it  was  de- 
cided to  make  a  detemined  effort  to  break  the  strike  and  'to  es- 
tablish transportation  between  the  west  and  south  sides.  Supt. 
Doyle  held  a  conference  that  evening  to  plan  the  campaign  of 
the  morrow.  At  its  conclusion,  he  informed  the  officials  of  the 
company  that  he  would  do  all  in  his  power  to  protect  the  prop- 
erty and  employees  of  the  company,  but  would  refuse  to  allow 
his  men  to  run  the  cars. 

"If  the  railway  company  wants  to  run  its  cars,  it  is  entitled 
to  protection,  and  it  shall  have  it,"  stated  Captain  Bonfield,  who 
was  ordered  to  protect  the  property  of  the  company.  "Cars 
shall  be  run  if  the  company  desires  it.  People  who  do  not  want 
to  get  hurt  had  better  keep  out  of  the  way."  The  next  day  the 
day  squad  reported  for  duty  a  half  hour  earlier  than  usual.  Four 
hundred  policemen  were  detailed  at  the  Desplaines  street  sta- 
tion, and  Captain  Bonfield,  in  command  of  this  district,  was 
placed  in  command  by  Supt.  Doyle.  Doyle  addressed  the  men 
from  the  steps  of  the  station. 

"You  have  all  been  on  review  and  dress  parade  in  fine  form,'1 
he  is  reported  to  have  said.  "Today  he  probably  will  have  a 
different  kind  of  duty,  and  I  want  this  department  to  show  it- 
self. Whatever  your  private  views  or  mine  may  be,  property 
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orders.  I  am  sure  you  will  do  your  duty.  Move!" 


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The  two  hundred  policemen  on  foot  were  stationed  at  inter- 
vals along  Madison  street,  where  it  had  been  decided  to  make 
an  attempt  to  run  cars.  Between  Ashland  and  Western  avenues 
on  Madison  street  seventeen  patrol  wagons  loaded  with  uni- 
formed men  were  concealed  in  the  cross  streets.  This  was  to 
concentrate  immediately  a  large  number  of  men  wherever  trouble 
might  occur.  Crowds  lined  the  street  as  though  a  parade  were 
going  pass,  and  the  command  to  "keep  moving"  was  cheerfully 
obeyed.  When  everything  was  in  readiness  Captain  Bonfield 
ordered  the  first  ten  cars  to  leave  the  barn.  Two  cars  managed 
to  turn  into  Madison  street  at  a  gallop.  The  third  was  halted 
by  the  mob,  and  James  Danielson,  the  driver,  was  torn  from 
the  platform.  Captain  Bonfield  made  a  sortie  and  rescued  him. 
It  was  at  this  point  that  he  divided  his  column  into  three  divi- 
sions and  began  his  famous  and  bloody  march  down  Madison 
street.  Each  division  consisted  of  three  cars.  The  first  and 
last  were  filled  with  bluecoats,  and  the  one  in  the  middle  was 
to  be  used  as  a  jail  or  ambulance,  as  the  need  might  be. 

Captain  Bonfield  realized  that  he  was  on  the  unpopular  side 
of  the  fight,  and  he  also  realized  that  a  wholesale  massacre  would 
take  place  if  his  men  did  not  stand  firm  and  attack  the  rioters. 
Before  ordering  the  advance  he  commanded  the  people  to  leave 
the  street.  They  refused  to  obey  and  with  drawn  clubs  and 
revolvers  the  little  procession  advanced  into  the  mob.  Between 
Western  avenue  and  Leavitt  street  a  barricade  had  been  raised, 
and  when  the  police  removed  it,  it  was  only  to  find  another  had 
been  erected  farther  down  the  block.  A  building  in  course 
of  erection  was  demolished  to  form  a  barricade,  and  a  huge 
pile  of  clay  from  a  gas  main  excavation  was  next  spread  across 
the  track.  At  Desplaines  street  the  crowd  had  thinned  down, 
and  once  across  the  river  a  short  rest  was  taken  before  the  re- 
turn trip,  which  was  almost  as  exciting  as  the  march  downtown. 


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During  the  day  hundreds  of  people  had  been  clubbed,  and  com- 
plaints were  made  at  headquarters,  in  the  mayor's  office,  and  to 
the  newspapers  of  the  brutality  of  the  police.  In  the  afternoon,  a 
cavalcade  of  five  cars,  carrying  80  passengers  were  safely  es- 
corted to  the  barns  by  a  detail  of  police  under  Captain  Eber- 
sold. 

Mayor  Harrison  had  many  times  suggested,  arbitration  as  be- 
ing the  fairest  way  out  of  the  difficulty,  but  J.  R.  Jones,  presi- 
dent of  the  company,  could  not  see  that  there  was  anything  to 
arbitrate;  that  the  company  would  not  consider  the  demand  of 
the  union  to  reinstate  the  discharged  men. 

Public  feeling  against  the  company  was  so  strong  that  the 
great  majority  of  those  arrested  during  the  riots  were  discharged 
in  court.  In  answer  to  a  plea  from  a  committee,  the  mayor 
ordered  the  release  of  a  man  he  had  arrested  for  trying  to  tear 
up  the  track.  Many  statements  were  issued  by  the  union,  which 
complained  against  the  treatment  their  committee  had  received 
from  Superintendent  James  Lake,  whom  they  blamed  for  the 
entire  trouble. 

In  response  to  a  request  from  the  mayor  the  company  did  not 
run  cars  on  the  Fourth  of  July,  and  the  next  day,  Sunday,  an- 
other attempt  was  made  by  Mayor  Harrison  to  get  the  com- 
pany to  arbitrate.  They  again  refused. 

That  afternoon  socialist  and  anarchist  speakers  urged  the 
strikers  to  buy  guns  and  fight  for  their  rights,  and  in  the  even- 
ing Alderman  Weber  said  that  he  would  introduce  an  order  into 
the  council  to  revoke  the  charter  of  the  company  the  next  night. 
Thirty  cars  were  run  on  Monday,  and  in  the  evening,  a  few 
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announced  that  he  would  place  the  discharged  men  back  to  work 
and  investigate  the  other  charges  made  by  the  union.  A  can- 
vass of  the  aldermen  had  shown  that  there  was  danger  of  the 
company's  charter  being  revoked. 

Tuesday  the  cars  ran  as  usual,  and  a  few  days  later  Superin- 
tendent Lake  was  removed.  The  police  force  came  out  of  the 
strike  with  much  credit  and  few  casualties. .  A  number  of  men 
had  been  seriously  beaten  and  stoned,  but  none  fatally. 

The  year  1885  closed  with  great  demonstrations  being  held 
Sundays  in  parks  by  the  Anarchist  societies.  The  police  force 
interrupted  one  of  the  largest  of  these,  which  was  held  on  Mon- 
day, July  12,  at  Silver  Leaf  Grove.  It  was  a  bloody  skirmish, 
and  the  radical  societies  never  again  used  that  spot  as  a  picnic 
ground. 


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CHAPTER  VIII 

McCORMICK    HARVESTER 
WORKS  RIOTS 


Much  has  been  written  of  the  Haymarket  riot,  and  the  two 
sides  of  this  anarchistic  outbreak  stand  forth  very  clearly.  The 
claim  has  been  made  that  the  attack  of  Captain  John  Bonfield 
upon  the  meeting  held  in  Haymarket  square  was  for  the  pur- 
pose of  covering  himself  with  glory,  and  many  of  the  anarchists 
later  said  that  the  bomb  which  injured  twenty-seven  policemen 
was  a  "plant"  by  the  police  to  stir  up  trouble. 

But  whatever  the  charges  and  allegations  made  since  the 
Fourth  of  May,  1886,  the  fact  remains  that  the  Haymarket  riot 
marked  the  beginning  of  the  downfall  of  the  anarchist  move- 
ment in  Chicago,  and  stopped,  to  a  great  extent,  the  industrial 
reign  of  terror  which  was  sweeping  the  country.  The  trial  and 
sentences  imposed  on  the  conspirators  halted  the  worship  of  the 
great  god  "Dynamite,"  arid  never  since  have  agitators  held  meet- 
ings where  they  advocated  the  leveling  of  society  by  bomb- 
throwing  and  a  commune. 

Herman  F.  Schuettler,  First  Deputy  Superintendent  of  Police, 
was  first  brought  before  the  public  by  his  wonderful  police  and 
detective  work  in  the  capture  of  the  anarchists.  Deputy  Schuett- 


A.  HOLINGER,  President 


EUGENE  HILDEBRAND.  Vice-President 


A.  HOLINGER  &  CO. 

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North=Western  Trust  &  Savings  Bank 

The  Largest  Bank  on  the  Northwest  Side 

Cor.  Milwaukee  Ave.  and  Division  St.,  Chicago 

"The  White  Corner" 


JOHN  F.  SMULSKI.  President  WM.  H.  SCHMIDT.  Vice-President 

WALTER  J.  RAYMER,  Vice-President 
JOHN  A.  PREBIS.  Vice-President  JULIUS  F.  SMIETANKA.  Vice-President 

T.  M.  HELINSKI,  Cashier 

AUGUST  J.  KOWALSKI,  Jr.,  Ass't  Cashier      VINCENT  JOZ  WIN,  Ass't  Cashier 
MATH.  FOERSTER,  Secretary 


Geo.  M.  Reynolds,  Chairman  of  the  Board,  Pres.  Continental  &  Commercial  Nat.  Bk. 

Joseph  Korzeniewski,  Wholesale  Flour 

Walter  J.  Raymer,  Western  Manager  American  Pin  Co. 

A.  J.  KOWALSKI,  Sr.,  National  Brewing  Co.         Geo.  R.  Benson,  Merchant 

B.  A.  Eckhart.  President  B.  A.  Eckart  Milling  Company 

Julius  F.  Smietanka.  Attorney-at-Law  Wm.  H.  Schmidt,  Vice-President 

John  A.  Prebis,  Vice-President        T.  M.  Heliuski,  Cash.        John  F.  Smul&ki,  Pres. 

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ler  still  handles  the  anarchists  of  Chicago.  These  are  banded 
into  secret  societies  "awaiting  the  day."  His  agents,  he  says, 
rank  high  in  the  councils  of  the  Reds,  and  Chicago  will  never 
need  fear  another  outbreak  from  the  anarchists. 

However,  a  new  and  subtle  influence  has  sprung  up  like  a 
fungus,  which  has  taken  the  place  of  the  anarchists,  and  which 
the  police  department  will  have  to  contend  in  future  industrial 
troubles.  Sometimes  it  is  found  in  the  ranks  of  a  union,  and 
other  times  it  professes  to  be  a  union,  when  it  is  nothing  more 
nor  less  than  an  anarchist  society  in  disguise. 

The  force  does  not  come  out  in  the  open  and  declare  itself. 
It  prefers  to  announce  its  presence  by  the  wilful  destruction  of 
property  and  by  violent  outbreaks  which  sometimes  result  in 
death.  At  this  writing  this  new  influence  is  spreading  through- 
out the  country  fomenting  trouble  in  industrial  plants,  and  caus- 
ing small  sized  revolutions  wherever  it  gains  power. 

As  yet  it  has  not  had  any  serious  clashes  with  the  Chicago 
police  force,  but  the  leaders  in  this  new  movement  "have  hopes," 
and  trouble  is  slowly  fomenting  in  this  city,  where  it  has  come 
into  being  before.  And  the  Chicago  police  force  in  the  years 
to  come  will  have  to  maintain  its  record  of  the  years  past.  It 
will  do  so,  for  the  individual  bravery  is  as  great  no\v  as  it  was 
then,  and  the  organization  of  the  department  has  reached  a 
higher  stage  of  perfection  than  ever  before  and  "confidence 
in  one's  self  is  half  the  battle  won." 

A  great  many  of  the  grandmothers  and  grandfathers  can  look 
back  into  the  years  and  remember  the  eleven  and  twelve  hour 
workday  which  existed  in  the  majority  of  the  shops  as  late  as 
1885.  They  can  also  remember  the  discussion  these  long  hours 


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Police          History        107 

caused  and  how,  in  order  to  better  themselves,  working  and  labor- 
ing men  formed  into  great  national  and  international  unions  and 
trade  federations.  It  was  in  the  early  eighties  that  anarchism 
thrived,  and  it  was  in  the  late  eighties  when  this  movement  died, 
giving  birth  in  its  death  throes  to  trades  unions  which  have 
brought  the  standard  of  living  of  the  American  workingman  up 
to  a  point  which  has  not  been  reached  in  any  other  country  on 
the  globe. 

"Political  economists  realize  the  peril  of  labor  saving  ma- 
chinery to  the  industrial  peace  of  the  country,  and  propose 
to  meet  it  with  legislation  shortening  the  hours  of  labor," 
Samuel  Hunt,  Professor  in  Economics  told  the  United  States 
Congressional  Committee  on  the  Depression  of  Labor.  "A  re- 
duction of  hours  means  less  idle  hands,  more  persons  profit- 
ably employed.  By  increasing  the  number  of  employed,  con- 
sumption will  be  stimulated,  overproduction  checked,  and  a 
more  balanced  relation  between  the  two  established." 

These  arguments  were  made  in  1879,  and  when  not  acted  upon 
by  the  representatives  of  the  people  "in  congress  assembled"  they 
were  acted  upon  by  self-styled  representatives  of  the  people,  to 
wit :  the  anarchists.  There  was  logic  in  the  contentions  of  the 
economists,  and  when  these  great  principles  were  taken  up  and 
placed  in  the  banner  of  the  anarchists  the  ranks  swelled. 

The  anarchists  went  even  further  than  the  eight-hour-day 
movement;  they  demanded  ten  hours'  pay  for  eight  hours' 
work.  The  friends  of  labor  eagerly  indorsed  this  proposi- 
tion, but  the  employing  class  said  the  anarchists  were  try- 
ing to  stir  up  a  revolt.  * 

While  the  Eight  Hour  Association  said  the  "workingmen 
of  Chicago  are  willing  to  make  a  sacrifice  in  wages  that  more 


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charge  of  an  expert.  All  of  these  facilities  are  open  to  phy- 
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Police         History        109 

people  may  find  employment,"  Albert  Parsons,  anarchist  edi- 
tor, said  the  movement  was  "a  lost  battle,"  and  August  Spies, 
a  Red  speaker,  wrote  to  the  same  paper,  saying  that  it  was 
"too  late"  to  demand  the  eight-hour  day,  that  the  working 
men  should  take  over  the  means  of  production,  and  not  to 
allow  themselves  to  be  exploited  any  longer. 

Through  the  fall  and  winter  of  1885  the  campaign  of  "edu- 
cation" of  the  Reds  continued,  and  in  the  spring  of  1886  came 
the  great  strike  which  established  an  open  shop  in  the  great 
McCormick  Harvester  Works,  which  remains  an  open  shop 
to  this  day.  A  number  of  men  had  been  discharged,  and  the 
officials  of  the  company  said  it  was  because  they  were  not 
needed.  The  employes  looked  at  it  differently.  They  said 
they  were  dismissed  because  they  had  taken  an  active  part 
in  the  formation  of  unions,  because  they  originated  and  pre- 
sented petitions  and  because  they  openly  talked  and  preached 
of  the  great  eight-hour  movement  inside  the  sacred  precincts 
of  the  McCormick  Harvester  Works. 

This  guarantee  had  been  demanded  and  received  by  the 
employes  at  the  end  of  the  strike  of  April,  1885,  and  they 
now  claimed  it  had  not  been  lived  up  to.  Plans  and  prepar- 
ations were  made  for  a  strike,  but  the  officials  of  the  com- 
pany acted  before  those  of  the  union,  and  when  the  demand 
was  under  the  "consideration"  of  those  same  officials,  the 
works  suddenly  closed  on  February  16,  1886.  There  was  a 
large  quantity  of  finished  goods  on  hand,  so  the  company 
thought  it  an  opportune  time  to  sit  back  and  starve  its  em- 
ployes into  submission  to  an  open  shop,  long  hours  and  to 
whatever  pay  they  wished  to  give  them. 

There  was  peace  and  quietness  along  the  Black  Road  until 
the  family  larder  of  these  workers  began  to  grow  small.  Then 


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the  anarchist  speakers  gathered  the  men  into  groups  and  told 
them  how  they  were  being  starved  into  submitting  to  their 
masters  and  aroused  by  the  word  pictures  drawn  of  their 
miserable  living  conditions,  acts  of  violence  were  committed. 
The  company  added  fuel  to  the  smouldering  flame  of  revolt 
when  it  employed  500  armed  Pinkerton  guards  to  patrol  the 
works. 

On  March  2  a  mass  meeting  was  held  at  Eighteenth  street 
and  Center  avenue,  where  the  strikers  were  addressed  by 
Albert  Parsons  and  Michael  Schwab.  The  meeting  was  not 
only  for  the  purpose  of  making  known  the  grievances  of  the 
strikers  but  to  protest  against  the  police  arresting  pickets 
which  surrounded  the  plant  day  and  night,  to  protest  verbally 
and  physically  against  men  who  were  taking  their  places  at 
higher  wages  to  break  the  srike.  According  to  the  speakers 
"the  meeting  was  a  success." 

Public  sentiment  and  public  criticism  finally  compelled  the 
company  to  give  an  increase  in  wages.  Many  men  went  back 
to  work,  but  it  was  to  work  in  an  open  shop,  next  to  men 
whom  they  had  been  taught  to  hate,  and  whom  they  boy- 
cotted, ostracized  and  vented  their  rage  upon  at  every  op- 
portunity. Finally  another  strike  occurred  and  Black  Road 
became  a  battle  ground  between  "scabs"  and  strikers,  with  the 
police  and  Pinkertons  vainly  trying  to  act  as  peacemakers  and 
protectors. 

Along  about  this  time  the  bakers,  brewers  and  other  unions 
gained  a  reduction  in  hours  from  12  and  14  in  many  cases,  to 
10.  This  victory  was  heralded  all  over  the  city,  and  but 
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than   ever  to  gain   the   recognition   of  their  union   that  they 
might  have  some  way  to  protect  themselves. 

On  May  1,  300,000  workingmen  went  on  strike  for  the  eight- 
hour  day.  Parades  were  held  and  speeches  made.  More  than 
two-thirds  the  number  walking  the  streets  demanded  10  hours 
pay  for  8  hours  work.  The  industries  and  commerce  of  the 
city  were  tied  up,  and  before  night  a  great  many  of  the  em- 
ployers had  capitulated  by  granting  the  nine-hour  day,  or 
the  eight-hour  day  with  eight  hours'  pay. 

On  May  1,  August  Spies  wrote  in  the  Arbeiter  Zeitung: 

The  dies  are  cast!  The  first  of  May,  whose  historical  sig- 
nificance will  be  understood  and  appreciated  only  in  later 
years,  is  here.  For  twenty  years  the  people  of  the  United 
States  have  whined  and  have  begged  their  extortionists  and 
legislators  to  introduce  an  eight-hour  system.  The  latter  knew 
how  to  put  the  modest  beggar  off,  and  thus  year  after  year 
passed  by.  At  last,  two  years  ago,  a  number  of  trade  organiza- 
tions took  the  matter  up,  and  resolved  that  the  eight  hour  work 
day  should  be  established  in  May  1,  1886. 

"  'That  is  a  sensible  demand,'  said  the  press,  howled  the  pro- 
fessional importers,  yelled  the  extortionists.  The  impudent  so- 
cialists, who  wanted  everything,  and  who  would  not  content 
themselves  with  rational  demands  of  this  kind,  were  treated  to 
the  customary  shower  of  epithets. 

"Thus  things  went  on.  The  agitation  progressed  and  every- 
body was  in  favor  of  the  shortening  of  the  workday.  With  the 
approach  of  the  day,  however,  on  which  the  plan  was  at  last 
to  be  realized,  a  suspicious  change  in  the  tone  of  the  extortion- 
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noticeable.  What  had  formerly  in  theory,  been  modest  and 
rational,  was  now  impudent  and  senseless.  What  had  been 
formerly  lauded  as  a  praiseworthy  demand,  when  compared 
with  socialism  and  anarchism,  changed  now  suddenly  into  crim- 
inal anarchism  itself.  The  cloven  feet  of  the  hellish  crew,  pant- 
ing for  spoils,  became  visible.  They  had  intoned  the  eight- 
hour  hymn  simply  to  lull  their  dupes,  the  workingman,  to  sleep 
and  thus  keep  them  away  from  Socialism. 

"That  the  workingmen  would  proceed  in  all  earnestness  to 
introduce  the  eight-hour  system  was  never  anticipated  by  these 
confidence  men ;  that  the  workingman  would  develop  such  stu- 
pendous power,  this  they  had  never  dreamed  of.  In  short, 
•today,  when  an  attempt  is  made  to  realize  a  reform  so  long 
striven  for,  when  the  reformers  are  reminded  of  their  promises 
and  pledges  of  the  past,  one  has  this  and  another  has  that  to 
give  as  an  excuse.  The  workers  should  only  be  contended  and 
confide  in  their  well  meaning  exploiters  and  sometime  between 
now  and  doomsday  everything  will  be  satisfactorily  arranged. 

"Workingmen  we  caution  you?  You  have  been  deluded  time 
and  time  again.  You  must  not  be  led  astray  this  time.  Judging 
from  present  appearances,  events  may  not  take  a  very  smooth 
course.  Many  of  the  extortionists,  aye,  most  of  them,  are  re- 
solved to  starve  those  to  'reason'  who  refuse  to  submit  to  their 
arbitrary  dictates,  i.  e.,  to  force  them  back  into  their  yoke  by 
hunger.  The  question  now  arises,  will  the  workingmen  allow 
themselves  to  be  slowly  starved  into  submission,  or  will  they 
inoculate  some  modern  ideas  into  their  would-be  murderers' 
heads  ?" 

John  J.  Flinn  at  this  time  wrote  an  editorial  in  the  Chicago 
Mail  calling  on  the  citizens  to  watch  Parsons  and  Spies  and  to 
hold  them  personally  responsible  for  any  trouble  which  might 
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Another  editorial  came  from  the  pen  of  George  Schilling, 
editor  of  the  Eight-Hour  Day,  in  the  issue  of  May  1 : 

"The  results  of  the  coming  week  will  be  watched  with  in- 
tense interest  by  friends  and  foes  alike.  The  atmosphere  is 
filled  with  strikes  and  rumors  of  strikes.  Some  of  the  unions 
we  regret  to  say,  have  gone  off  half  cocked  and  others  are  at- 
tempting to  confound  the  eight-hour  question  too  much  with 
that  of  wages,  and  herein  lies  the  great  danger  to  the  move- 
ment in  this  city.  Many  manufacturers  say  they  cannot  afford 
to  pay  the  20  per  cent  increase  in  wages  unless  the  same  demand 
is  made  successfully  on  their  eastern  competitors.  This  looks 
reasonable  and  the  Eight  Hour  Day  deprecates  the  actions  of 
those  unions  who  have  thereby  complicated  the  situation,  and 
are  likely  to  endanger  the  success  of  this  movement. 

"Competition  is  a  factor  in  the  question  and  the  working- 
men  of  Chicago  have  no  right  to  exact  shorter  hours  and  high 
wages  from  their  employers  unless  similar  demands  are  made 
elsewhere." 

Schilling  also  advocated  arbitration  and  when  the  editorial 
saying  that  "strikes  must  be  avoided"  was  published,  the  cry 
went  up  from  the  anarchists  that  he  had  been  bought  out  by 
the  employers. 

Saturday  and  Sunday  passed  quietly  although  the  Chicago, 
Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  railroad  was  compelled  to  hire  non- 
union men  to  handle  their  freight  and  on  Monday  trouble  began. 
Citizens  were  stirred  to  anger  by  a  parade  of  Polish  and  Rus- 
sian tailoresses  who  paraded  their  rags  in  the  downtown  streets 
and  the  city  was  thrilled  by  disquieting  rumors  which  came 
from  the  McCormick  Harvester  Works  where  no  trouble  had 
been  reported  for  several  days. 

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It  was  reported  that  10,000  people  were  grouped  at  Black 
Road  in  an  anarchist  meeting  and  that  trouble  was  expected 
before  the  afternoon  was  over.  Trouble  arrived  in  the  form 
of  an  attack  on  the  works  by  a  mob  of  150  men,  some  of  whom 
were  armed.  These  were  later  reinforced  by  thousands. 

Detectives  J.  M.  Hanes  and  J.  J.  Egan  were  detailed  to  at- 
tend the  meeting.  Hearing  the  speeches  they  came  to  the  con- 
clusion that  there  was  going  to  be  trouble  and  plenty  of  it,  so 
they  turned  in  the  alarm  for  the  reserves. 

Saturday  and  Sunday  Chief  Ebersold  had  been  on  constant 
duty.  Never  leaving  his  office  he  awaited  the  outbreak  he 
knew  was  to  come  and  all  day  Monday  he  sat  locked  in  the  tele- 
phone and  telegraph  room  at  headquarters  moving  reserve  here 
and  detail  there,  constantly  keeping  the  force  prepared  for  any 
emergency.  He  took  personal  and  complete  charge  of  the  situ- 
ation and  supervised  every  move  made  and  issued  every  com- 
mand given. 

The  complete  reports  of  the  battle  which  occurred  at  the  Mc- 
Cormick  Harvester  Works  did  not  reach  Ebersold  till  late  that 
night  and  when  he  heard  them  he  said  he  was  one  of  the  proudest 
men  in  Chicago — to  be  the  head  of  such  a  police  force  and  the 
leader  of  such  men  as  those  who  battled  with  the  mob  that  after- 
noon. 

When  the  factory  whistle  blew  for  the  men  to  quit  work  at 
3  :30  o'clock  that  afternoon  Patrolmen  West  and  Condon  were 
the  only  men  on  duty.  A  crowd  had  gathered  around  the  gates 
and  as  the  workers  came  out  some  were  beaten.  Condon  and 
West  fought  the  strikers  and  Condon  decided  to  make  a  run 
for  it  to  try  and  send  in  the  alarm.  At  Western  and  Blue 
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turned  in  the  alarm  for  him.  West  was  forced  away  from  the 
gate  by  the  mob  and  chased  down  a  switch  track  where  he  also 
was  beaten. 

About  this  time  the  Hinman  street  patrol  wagon  clattered  up 
with  Sergeant  Enright  in  command  of  Patrolmen  Fugate,  Raf- 
ferty,  Falley,  Quintan,  Walsh,  Peasnick,  Zimmick  and  McCar- 
thy. Dashing  straight  through  the  mob  up  to  the  gates  of  the 
factory  the  wagon  disgorged  its  load  of  righting  cops.  Clubs 
were  used  until  the  next  wagonload  came  up  when  it  was  found 
necessary  to  use  revolvers  also  in  the  fight. 

Leading  other  patrols  of  policemen  w^s  ^Captain  Simon  O'Don- 
nell  who  had  driven  from  the  West  Twelfth  street  station  in  a 
buggy  which  was  spattered  with  mud  and  filth  and  covered  with 
indentations  from  missiles  thrown  by  the  mobs  through  which 
he  had  passed.  As  wagon  loads  of  police  arrived  they  were 
dispatched  through  the  neighborhood  to  prevent  other  crowds 
from  forming.  The  mob  at  the  gate  had  been  broken  and  scat- 
tered by  patrol  wagons  which  ran  through  it. 

That  night  500  policemen  patrolled  the  district. 

Only  two  strikers  were  known  to  be  killed  in  the  battle  at 
the  gate.  Many  others  were  seriously  hurt,  in  the  main  most 
injuries  being  cracked  heads.  Patrolman  Kaiser  was  badly 
hurt  when  a  brick  thrown  by  someone  in  the  mob  struck  him 
on  the  head.  Patrolman  Casey  was  rescued  from  being  lynched 
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olice         History        123 


CHAPTER  IX 

THE   FOURTH  OF  MAY 


The  terror  inspired  by  the  great  fire  had  lasted  but  a  few  days, 
the  riots  of  1877  reached  their  dreadful  crisis  in  one  afternoon 
and  so  the  city  was  calm  the  morning  after  the  battle  at  the  Mc- 
Cormick  Harvester  Works.  Labor  union  headquarters  began  to 
make  predictions  of  an  early  settlement  of  strikes  and  the  com- 
forting rumor  went  around  that  the  great  packing  houses  out  in 
the  stock  yards  were  on  the  verge  of  yielding  to  the  demands 
of  their  employes. 

But  in  the  afternoon  disquieting  reports  were  brought  in  to 
Chief  Ebersold's  office.  Spies,  whose  speech,  the  police  claim, 
incited  the  McCormick  trouble,  had  written  a  circular  which 
was  being  spread  broadcast  throughout  the  city.  It  ran  as  fol- 
lows: 

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their  bloodhounds,  the  police.  They  killed  six  of  your  brothers 
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allow  you,  or  you  will  get  killed.  You  have  for  years  suffered 
immeasurable  iniquities ;  you  have  worked  yourself  to  death  ; 
you  have  endured  the  pangs  of  want  and  hunger ;  your  chil- 
dren you  have  sacrificed  to  the  factory  lords — in  short,  you 
have  been  miserable  and  obedient  slaves  all  these  years.  Why? 
To  satisfy  the  insatiable  greed,  to  fill  the  coffers  of  your  lazy, 
thieving  masters.  When  you  ask  them  now  to  lessen  the 
burden  they  sent  their  bloodhounds  out  to  shoot  you — murder 
you.  If  you  are  men,  if  you  are  the  sons  of  your  grandsires 
who  shed  their  blood  to  save  you,  then  you  will  rise  in  your 
might,  Herculean,  and  destroy  the  hideous  monster  that  seeks 
to  destroy  you.  To  arms  !  We  call  you  to  arms ! 

"YOUR  BROTHERS." 

Other  articles  appeared  in  the  Socialist  and  anarchist  press 
and  later  in  the  day  a  circular  printed  in  English  and  German 
called  on  all  working  men  to  attend  a : 

"Great  mass  meeting  tonight,  at  7 :30,  at  the  Haymarket, 
Randolph  street,  between  Desplaines  and  Halsted.  Good 
speakers  will  be  present  to  denounce  the  latest  atrocious  acts 
of  the  police — the  shooting  of  our  fellow-working  men  yes- 
terday. 

"THE  EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE." 

The  strong  force  which  had  patrolled  the  vicinity  of  the 
Black  Road  all  night  were  relieved  in  the  morning  by  a  squad 
who  assisted  the  Pinkertons  to  maintain  order  in  the  vicinity 
of  the  McCormick  works.  Historians  say  the  "proprietor 
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workers  at  any  cost  and  from  the  first  of  the  trouble  he  ex- 
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A  man  on  horseback  scattered  the  call  for  a  mass  meeting 
throughout  the  city.  At  Eighteenth  street  and  Center  avenue 
the  drug  store  of  Samuel  Rosen f eld  was  gutted  by  a  mob  of 
3,000  people  who  called  the  druggist  a  "spy"  because  the  police 
had  used  his  telephone  to  keep  in  touch  with  headquarters. 
Capt.  O'Donnell  dispersed  the  crowd  with  the  aid  of  Lieut. 
Barcell  and  50  patrolmen.  Later  in  the  day  Lieut.  Sheperd 
was  sent  out  to  disperse  a  crowd  of  10,000  who  had  demol- 
ished and  ransacked  the  saloon  of  Stanley  Weiskopf.  The 
police  were  again  called  into  action  when  some  striking  lumber  . 
workers  and  mechanics  attacked  six  special  guards  in  front 
of  the  office  of  a  paint  factory  on  Eighteenth  street  near  Center 
avenue. 

About  3  o'clock  that  afternoon  a  howling  dog  bounded  down 
the  Black  Road  vainly  trying  to  outdistance  a  tin  can  tied 
to  its  tail.  A  few  minutes  after  this  unusual  messenger  had 
passed  several  thousand  men  had  gathered  and  were  being 
advised  to  make  open  warfare  on  the  harvester  works.  Detec- 
tive Granger  saw  a  revolver  in  a  man's  pocket  and  when  he 
attempted  to  place  him  under  arrest  he  was  slugged.  Instantly 
the  streets  were  in  a  turmoil.  Patrolman  John  Small  of  the 
Hinman  street  station  was  shot  through  the  hand  while  stand- 
ing over  the  body  of  his  senseless  comrade  and  only  the 
timely  arrival  of  a  detail  of  10  men  from  the  Twelfth  street 
station  prevented  murder.  All  afternoon  heavy  details  of 
police  were  running  back  and  forth  through  the  factory  dis- 
tricts dispersing  crowds  and  while  emptying  a  hall  where 
some  lumber  handlers  were  holding  a  turbulent  meeting 
Patrolman  James  Bulman,  of  the  Twelfth  street  station,  was 
badly  hurt  when  his  head  stopped  a  brick. 

That  evening  there  was  a  good  deal  of  excitement  in  the 
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>olice         History        129 

out  of  the  mayor's  office  a  number  of  times  carrying  the  cir- 
culars which  were  being  distributed.  He  is  said  to  have  urged 
the  mayor  to  prohibit  the  meeting.  Mayor  Harrison  refused, 
saving  that  everything  would  pass  off  quietly  if  the  anarchists 
were  left  alone.  It  so  happens  that  a  commanding  officer  took 
it  upon  himself  to  march  men  over  to  attack  the  meeting, 
shortly  after  Mayor  Harrison  and  the  Chief  of  Police  had  left 
for  their  homes,  causing  loss  of  life  and  an  upheaval,  but  which 
stamped  out  anarchism  and  quietened  the  socialists  for  years 
to  come. 

Inspector  John  Bonfield  was  the  man  who  most  dreaded 
the  mass  meeting.  He  secretly  felt  that  something  was  going 
to  happen  and  made  preparations.  Following  the  develop- 
ments of  the  anarchist  movement  in  Chicago,  with  the  greatest 
care,  he  formed  opinions  as  to  the  real  aims  of  the  "groups" 
and  "circles"  who  had  held  secret  meetings  within  the  city 
for  years.  Bonfield  dreaded  another  riot  worse  than  that  of 
the  pseudo  commune  of  1877. 

Detectives  were  seeking  evidence  of  an  anarchist  plot  to 
cause  trouble  and  Capt.  Schaak  had  already  unearthed  start- 
ling facts  which  were  being  elaborated  upon. 

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Bonfield  expected  trouble  and  he  told  the  chief  so.  Eber- 
sold  allowed  him  to  take  personal  charge  and  ordered  him  to 
report  frequently.  About  9  o'clock  the  crowd  moved,  as 
though  by  common  assent,  from  the  square  to  a  half  block 
north  on  Desplaines  street.  In  the  trial  of  the  anarchists  this 
was  given  a  peculiar  significance.  The  prosecuting  attorneys 
argued  that  it  was  made  to  facilitate  the  escape  of  the  trouble- 
makers, should  any  trouble  occur. 

It  was  also  contended  that  the  object  of  changing  the  meet- 
ing place  was : 

To  consolidate  the  police  force  in  a  narrow  street,  in  order 
that  bombs  thrown  into  their  ranks  might  do  more  effective 
slaughter. 

To  draw  the  police  into  this  narrow  space,  so  when  the 
bombs  were  thrown  they  would  become  confused,  fire  at  each 
other,  and  to  afford  a  better  opportunity  for  shooting  from 
the  ambush  the  alleys  afforded. 

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E>     o      I      i      c     e        History       133 

It  was  not  until  shortly  after  Mayor  Harrison  went  home 
and  Inspector  Bonfield  had  told  Chief  Ebersold  it  would  be 
all  right  for  him  to  go  off  duty  that  the  sudden,  unexpected 
and  alarming  reports  came  in  of  the  terrible  utterances  of 
an  anarchist  by  the  name  of  Fielden.  It  was  now  after  10 
o'clock.  Bonfield,  in  order  to  prevent  a  riot,  an  uprising,  a 
reign  of  terror,  ordered  out  the  police  to  disperse  the  crowd. 

Marching  in  four  divisions,  two  of  which  were  to  guard  the 
rear  against  a  rear  attack,  marched  north  on  Desplaines  street. 
The  mob  consisted  of  an  audience  of  3,000,  and  many  had 
brought  their  wives  and  children. 

Captain  Ward  shouted  the  order  to  disperse.  A  black 
object  fell  hissing  in  front  of  the  second  company  of  police. 
It  exploded  with  a  roar  and,  answering  the  revolver  shots  of 
the  police,  came  the  flashes  of  guns  from  the  sidewalk  in  the 
fleeing  mob. 

Hare  is  a  portion  of  Bonfield's  report  which  is  worthy  of 
mention : 

"The  explosion  was  caused  by  a  dynamite  bomb,  which  was 
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divisions,  were  thrown  to  the  ground,  alas  !  many  never  to  arise 
again.  The  men  recovered  instantly  and  returned  the  fire  of 
the  mob.  Lieutenants  Steele  and  Quinn  charged  the  mob 
on  the  street,  while  the  company  of  Lieutenant  Hubbard,  with 
the  few  uninjured  members  of  the  second  division,  swept  both 
sidewalks  with  a  hot  and  telling  fire,  and  in  a  few  minutes  the 
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order  to  stop  firing,  fearing  that  some  of  our  men  in  the  dark- 
ness might  fire  upon  one  another,  and  ordered  the  patrol 
wagon  to  1)e  called,  made  details  to  take  care  of  the  dead  and 
wounded,  placed  guards  around  the  stations,  and  called  for 
physicians  to  attend  our  wounded  men.  It  is  surprising  to 
many  that  our  officers  stood  firm  and  were  not  demoralized 
under  the  trying  circumstances.  It  has  been  asserted  that 
regular  troops  have  become  panic  stricken  from  less  cause. 
I  see  no  account  for  it  except  this :  The  soldier  acts  as  a  part 
of  a  machine,  rarely,  if  ever,  when  he  is  on  duty  is  he  allowed 
to  act  as  an  individual,  or  to  use  his  personal  judgment.  A 
policeman's  training  makes  him  self-reliant.  Day  after  day, 
night  after  night,  he  goes  on  duty  alone,  and  when  in  conflict 
with  thief  and  burglar  he  has  to  depend  upon  his  own  indi- 
vidual exertions.  The  soldiers,  being  a  part  of  the  machine, 
it  follows  when  part  gives  out,  the  rest  is  useless  until  the  rest 
is  repaired.  The  policeman,  being  a  machine  himself,  rarely, 
if  ever,  gives  up  till  he  lies  on  the  ground,  unable  to  rise 
again.  In  conclusion  I  beg  leave  to  report  that  the  conduct  of 
the  men  and  officers,  with  few  exceptions,  was  admirable ;  as  a 
military  man  said  to  me  the  next  day,  'Worth  the  heroes  of  a 
hundred  battles?'  Of  one  officer  I  wish  to  make  special  men- 
tion. Immediately  after  the  explosion  I  looked  behind  me  to 
see  the  greater  portion  of  the  second  division  on  the  ground. 
I  gave  the  order  to  the  men  to  close  up  and  in  an  instant 
Sergeant  John  E.  Fitzpatrick  was  at  my  side  and  repeated  the 
order." 

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injured;  Jacob  Ebinger,  injured;  John  J.  Kelley,  injured; 
James  Wilson,  Injured;  Frank  Andrews,  injured;  Michael 
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lice         History        137 


Of  Lieutenant  James  Bowler's  command :  John  J.  Barrett 
and  Michael  Sheehan,  fatally  hurt;  John  Reid,  bullet  wounds 
in  both  legs  below  the  knees ;  Lawrence  Murphy,  half  of  left 
foot  blown  off  by  shell,  two  shell  wounds  in  right  leg,  one 
in  right  hip,  two  bullet  wounds  in  right  leg,  also  one  in  left 
side  of  neck;  John  E.  Doyle,  two  bullet  wounds  in  right  leg 
below  knee  and  three  shell  wounds  in  left  leg  below  the  knee ; 
Arthur  Conolly,  two  shell  wounds  in  right  leg,  bullet  wound 
in  right  arm ;  Nicholas  Shannon,  bullet  wound  in  back,  17 
shell  wounds  in  lower  part  of  both  legs ;  Adam  Barber,  bullet 
wound  in  right  heel  and  shell  wounds  in  lower  and  back  part 
of  both  legs ;  James  Conway,  shell  wounds  through  lower 
part  of  right  leg;  Thomas  McEnery,  ten  shell  wounds  in  both 
legs ;  Patrick  Hartford,  two  shell  wounds  in  right  leg,  bullet 
wound  through  right  heel  and  three  toes  of  left  foot  shot  off ; 
Louis  Johnson,  shell  wound  in  lower  part  of  left  leg;  Frank 
Tyrell,  two  shell  wounds  in  fleshy  part  of  left  thigh ;  August 
Keller,  shell  wound  above  left  hip ;  bullet  in  left  side ;  James 
Brady,  four  shell  wounds  in  lower  part  of  both  legs ;  John  H. 
King,  shell  wound  in  lower  part  of  right  jaw  and  two  bullet 
wounds  in  right  leg. 

Of  Lieutenant  James  P.  Stanton's  command :  The  Lieuten- 
ant himself  was  hurt.  Received  two  wounds  in  calf  of  right 
leg,  one  in  right  thigh,  one  in  right  side,  one  in  right  forearm 
from  shell  and  received  pistol  wounds  in  right  forearm ; 
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wounded  by  shell  in  left  hand  and  right  heel ;  Thomas  Hen- 
nessy,  wounded  by  shell  in  both  legs  below  knee  and  in  left 
thigh ;  William  Burns,  slight  shell  wound  in  right  instep ; 
Charles  Fink,  shot  badly  in  both  thighs  and  wounded  by  shell 
in  left  ankle ;  Mathias  Degan,  killed  by  shell  wounds  in  abdo- 
men and  legs ;  Bernard  Murphy,  large  shell  wound  on  right 
side  of  head  and  another  in  left  thigh ;  Thomas  Brophy,  left 
hand  badly  wounded  by  shell ;  Charles  Whitney,  badly  hurt 
when  shell  fragment  penetrated  chest;  Thomas  Redden's  left 
leg  was  crushed  by  shell  which  also  wounded  him  in  both 
arms  and  face. 

Of  Lieutenant  Francis  Penzen's  command :  Andrew  O'Day, 
bruised  on  right  knee ;  Patrick  Nash,  left  breast  bruised ; 
Patrick  McLaughlin,  right  breast  bruised ;  Henry  Smith, 
wounded  by  bullet  in  right  shoulder. 

Of  Lieutenant  J.  P.  Beard's  command :  Daniel  Cramer,  neck 
grazed  by  bullet ;  Matten  Cullen,  collar  bone  broken ;  Frank 
Murphy,  three  ribs  broken  and  ankle  bruised. 

The  only  man  who  disgraced  his  uniform  was  Patrolman 
Charles  Dombrowski,  a  new  member  of  the  force,  who  fled  to 
a  friend's  house  on  Halsted  street. 

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wounds.  These  were: 

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though  horribly  wounded  and  who  dropped  dead  half  way ; 
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Following  the  riot  the  police  proceeded  to  stamp  out  the 
anarchist  organizations  of  the  city.  Hundreds  of  secret  head- 
quarters were  raided  and  in  many  of  these  large  quantities 
of  dynamite,  arms  and  ammunition  were  found.  The  tre- 
mendous excitement  caused  by  the  trial  of  the  men  obliterated 
the  work  of  the  department  in  the  newspapers,  but  this  aided 
rather  than  hindered  the  activities  of  the  police.  The  an- 
archist circles  and  societies  disbanded  never  to  meet  again 
with  the  freedom  they  had  formerly  enjoyed.  Secret  records 
and  data  which  the  department  had  collected  in  the  years  pre- 
ceding the  riot  were  used  and  with  the  verdict  of  guilty,  which 
was  returned  against  the  men  came,  the  assurance  that  the 
city  was  free  from  the  danger  of  organized  anarchy. 

The  jury  sentenced  August  Spies,  Michael  Schwab,  Samuel 
Fielden,  Albert  Parsons,  Adolph  Fischer,  George  Engel  and 
Louis  Lingg  to  death  and  found  Oscar  Neebe  guilty  of  murder 
and  sentenced  him  to  15  years  in  the  penitentiary. 

On  the  10th  of  November  Louis  Lingg  placed  a  dynamite 
bomb  in  his  mouth  and  lit  the  fuse.  The  lower  part  of  his 
face  was  blown  away  and  he  died  during  the  afternoon,  bear- 
ing his  pain  like  a  stoic.  On  the  same  afternoon  Governor 
Richard  Oglesby  commuted  the  sentences  of  Samuel  Fielden 
and  Michael  Schwab  to  20  years  imprisonment. 

The  men  met  their  death  bravely  on  the  scaffold  on  the  9th 
of  December.  Thousands  of  people  surrounded  the  jail  and 
policemen  armed  with  clubs  and  Winchesters  patroled  the  in- 
ner edge  of  the  rope  fence  which  was  erected  to  keep  back 
the  crowds. 

Another  squad  of  men  were  stationed  on  the  top  of  the 
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man  Scheuttler  caused  every  precaution  possible  to  be  taken 
to  watch  the  crowd.  The  Chicago  avenue  water  tower  was 
guarded  for  weeks  before  and  after  the  hanging  against  a 
similar  plot. 

Following  the  funeral  and  parade,  at  which  many  of  the 
anarchist  societies  were  represented,  two  funds  were  col- 
lected. More  than  $10,000  was  subscribed  to  care  for  the 
bereft  families  and  a  $10,000  monument  to  the  policemen  who 
had  been  killed  and  injured  in  the  riot  was  erected  in  Union 
Park. 

Today  Herman  Schuettler  is  First  Deputy  Superintendent 
of  Police.  During  the  winter  months  when  the  anarchists  are 
the  most  active,  he  still  details  men  to  attend  the  meetings 
of  the  radicals  and  a  secret  service  squad  keeps  him  informed 
as  to  the  hidden  moves  of  the  trouble  makers. 

Mrs.  Luella  Parsons,  wife  of  Albert  Parsons,  still  lectures 
on  anarchy,  but  the  attendance  at  her  meetings  is  dwindling 
year  by  year.  The  old  group  is  going  to  join  the  four  men 
who  were  executed  so  long  ago  and  a  younger  generation  who 
want  reform  by  legislation  is  here. 


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CHAPTER  X. 

THE  RAILROAD  STRIKE  OF  1894 


The  report  of  Chief  Brennan  to  Mayor  Hopkins  and  the 
city  council  on  the  great  railroad  strike  of  1894  is  the  most 
complete  and  least  prejudiced  of  the  many  documents  which 
were  later  published  of  this  great  industrial  calamity.  Bren- 
nan's  report  deserves  to  go  down  in  history.  It  is  absolutely 
without  bias  and  is  one  of  the  most  remarkable  papers  ever 
compiled  by  a  police  official  of  the  city  of  Chicago.  At  the 
end  of  the  strike  he  sat  down  with  the  data  collected.  He 
ignored  the  cause  and  gave  the  effect.  It  was  the  effect  that 
he  had  to  contend  with.  In  his  report  he  makes  the  remark- 
-able  assertion  that  the  police  department  would  have  had  no 
difficulty  in  controlling  the  strike  had  not  the  federal  troops 
been  precipitated  upon  with  city  without  warning,  inciting 
trouble  and  rioting.  The  soldier  has  always  remained  the 
servant  of  capital  and  will  always  remain  as  such. 

George  Pullman  may  be  blamed  as  the  direct  cause  of  the 
strike.  In  1880  he  decided  to  erect  a  great  industrial  plant  on 
the  present  site  of  what  is  now  West  Pullman.  Chicago  was 
then,  as  it  is  now,  the  greatest  labor  market  in  the  United 
States.  So  he  founded  his  colony  and  thousands  of  illiterate 
and  ignorant  Slavs  moved  into  the  little  cottages  furnished 
by  the  company,  sent  their  children  to  schools  furnished  by 


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Furness  Bros.  Co. 

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the  company,  purchased  their  food  from  the  company,  and,  in 
fact,  paid  all  the  money  they  received  from  the  company  back 
to  the  company.  Pullman  wasted  several  thousand  dollars 
erecting  a  beautiful  library  which  still  stands.  Three  dollars 
was  the  amount  charged  to  people  who  wished  to  read  the 
books  and  approximately  one  of  every  hundred  and  fifty  em- 
ployes took  advantage  of  this  commercialized  beneficience. 
Those  who  could  afford  it  read  books  on  economics. 

Professors  in  economics  came  from  all  over  the  c'ountry  to 
study  this  new  departure  in  the  industrial  field  and  almost 
without  exception  they  condemned  the  idea,  calling  it  un- 
American  and  a  benevolent  feudalism.  Pullman  established 
one  of  the  greatest  fortunes  in  America.  Fourteen  years  later, 
in  1894,  the  people  of  the  United  States  paid  the  millions  he 
had  extracted  from  his  shops  a  hundred  fold.  The  strike 
boosted  the  cost  of  living,  disrupted  great  labor  unions,  and 
caused  hardship  on  laborer  and  capitalist  alike. 

When  he  couldn't  get  contracts  enough  to  keep  the  plant 
running,  thousands  of  men  were  laid  off  and  wages  were  de- 
creased. But  at  the  same  time  Pullman  forgot  to  reduce  the 
rents  of  the  cottages  and  these  were  rigorously  collected 
whether  the  occupants  worked  or  not.  His  Slavs  learned  to 
speak  English.  Instead  of  10  different  languages  his  workers 
now  spoke  one  tongue  and  certain  individuals  made  use  of 
the  knowledge  of  economics  they  had  gained  in  their  own 
countries  and  which  had  been  strengthened  by  books  from 
his  $3  per  year  library. 

In  '94  the  population  of  Pullman  was  12,000.  Six  thousand 
men  went  on  strike  for  better  working  conditions  and  more 
pay.  The  American  Railway  Union  took  up  the  fight.  The 
strike  at  Pullman  became  a  lockout  and  the  railway  union  de- 


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>      o      I      i      c      e         History       149 

cided  not  to  draw  Pullman  cars.  The  strike  was  lost  when  the 
federal  court  sentenced  Eugene  V.  Debs  to  six  months  in  jail 
for  conspiracy  and  gave  a  number  of  other  union  officials  three 
months  on  the  same  charge.  They  served  their  terms,  but 
this  action  broke  the  strike.  Since  that  time  the  shops  have 
never  been  unionized  and  sporadic  outbreaks  have  occurred  at 
different  times  which  have  been  met  with  and  quelled  by  the 
police.  Here  follows  a  slightly  abbreviated  account  of  the 
strike  by  Chief  Brennan. 

The  strike  began  on  May  11  and  trouble  centered  itself  in 
Chicago  where  the  headquarters  of  the  unions  are  located. 
The  excitement  was  intense  and  newspapers  devoted  columns 
to  alleged  trouble  and  riotings  along  railroad  lines.  Ex- 
aggerated reports  were  made  of  alleged  riots,  burnings, 
murders  and  fighting  and  disorder  of  all  kinds,  yet  records  of 
this  department  show  few  casualties  and  that  much  of  the 
supposed  disorder  existed  only  in  the  minds  of  those  who  gave 
in  the  reports. 

It  was  not  until  June  27th  that  Chicago  was  affected  by  the 
Pullman  strike.  On  this  date  the  railroads  suddenly  called  for 
protection  and  it  devolved  upon  the  police  to  protect  hundreds 
of  miles  of  tracks  within  the  city.  Actual  rioting  did  not  occur 
till  July  4th,  the  day  after  the  troops  arrived  in  the  city.  From 
the  reports  of  commanding  officers  and  the  reports  of  the 
railroad  companies  I  am  satisfied  there  would  have  been  no 
trouble  in  the  city  had  the  troops  remained  away.  At  this 
juncture  I  sent  out  an  order  defining  our  duties  and  caution- 
ing the  force  to  remain  neutral. 

People  became  incensed  at  the  arrival  of  the  troops  and  there 
was  trouble  at  Halsted  street  and  Emerald  avenue  and  on  the 
Lake  Shore  tracks.  This  was  subdued  and  the  police  also  dis- 


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persed  a  crowd  which  had  blocked  a  train  from  leaving  the 
stockyards.  May  8th  Mayor  Hopkins  called  for  state  troops 
after  a  personal  inspection  of  conditions  with  myself  and 
Corporation  Counsel  Rubens.  The  whole  available  force  in 
the  state  was  brought  to  Chicago  for  duty.  That  evening  at 
49th  and  Loomis,  Company  F  of  the  2d  regiment  of  the  militia 
fired  into  a  crowd,  killing  four  people  and  wounding  20.  It 
is  a  notable  fact  that  there  was  no  trouble  where  there  was  no 
troops.  The  police  escorted  trains,  attacked  mobs,  charged 
crowds  and  while  there  were  many  split  heads  and  sore  spots- 

after  such  affrays,  no  life  was  taken. 

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Much  trouble  was  caused  by  false  alarms  and  there  is  strong 
suspicion  that  many  of  the  fires  in  freight  cars  were  set  by  U. 
S.  deputy  marshals  who  hoped  to  retain  their  position  by 
making  disorder.  These  men  were  a  constant  source  of  an- 
noyance, having  been  enlisted  from  the  scum  of  the  city. 
While  some  were  honest  men  others  were  thieves,  ex-convicts 
and  in  some  instances  strikers  were  hired.  Several  were  ar- 
rested for  stealing  from  the  cars  they  guarded.  They  were 
careless  with  their  pistols  and  one  killed  a  companion  while 
another  shot  himself.  The  entire  force,  which  had  been  en- 
larged to  3,500  men  by  the  mayor,  was  on  duty  constantly. 
Frequently  men  were  on  duty  20  hours  of  the  24.  Some  did 
not  see  their  families  for  weeks.  More  than  100,000  people 
were  thrown  out  of  employment  and  the  situation  grew  more 
serious. 

While  numerous  freight  cars  were  overturned,  wrecked  and 
burned  hundreds  of  others  were  rescued  from  destruction  by 
the  police.  At  different  times  our  men  complained  of  the 
conduct  of  the  marshals  who  fired  into  crowds  without  prov- 
ocation. 


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The  amount  of  property  destroyed  is  estimated  at  $685,782 
and  wages  lost  by  the  strikers  amounted  to  about  $2,000,000. 

There  were  two  policemen  killed  and  1  injured,  1  militiaman 
killed  and  2  injured,  8  citizens  killed  and  42  injured,  2  marshals 
killed  and  7  injured  and  1  special  policeman  was  injured. 

The  police  killed  nobody  and  only  seriously  injured  1,  the 
militia  killed  5  and  injured  16,  marshals  seriously  injured  8, 
citizens  killed  2  and  injured  1,  and  1  man  was  killed  and  18  in- 
jured by  unknown  persons  while  5  died  and  9  were  injured 
from  accidents.  The  total  number  of  people  killed  was  13, 
injured  53.  An  accidental  explosion  of  a  cassion  killed  4 
troopers  and  wounded  15  at  Oakwood  and  Grand  boulevards. 
The  police  force  arrested  575  persons  during  the  strike. 

The  strike  cost  the  department  $124,000  and  the  last  of  the 
troops  were  withdrawn  from  the  city  on  August  7,  almost  a 
month  after  the  end  of  the  strike.  The  special  commission 
appointed  by  President  Grover  Cleveland  to  investigate  the 
trouble  commended  the  force  for  its  bravery  and  efficiency. 

Chief  Brennan  thanked  the  troops,  the  militia  and  Chicago 
military  organizations  who  had  helped  the  department. 


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History        155 


CHAPTER  XL 

THE  TRAFFIC  SQUAD 


One  of  the  first  of  the  many  notable  things  commanding 
the  attention  of  the  visitor  to  Chicago  is  the  "Loop,"  that 
maelstrom  of  humanity,  autos,  trucks,  wagons  and  street  cars. 
Within  the  radius  of  a  few  blocks  are  hundreds  of  tremendous 
office  buildings,  hotels  and  stores.  That,  the  visitor  is  told, 
is  "The  Loop,"  the  pulsing  heart  of  the  middle-west.  Through 
its  canyons  daily  throng  millions  of  people.  Thousands  of 
tons  of  merchandise  are  carried  through  the  streets.  Railroads 
surround  it  to  empty  freight  and  travelers  into  it.  Beneath 
the  street  level  are  freight  tunnels  which  only  partially  relieve 
the  surface  congestion.  Hundreds  of  car  lines  terminate  and 
turn  back  in  this  district.  Here  rules  Energy  and  the  noise 
He  makes  never  ceases. 

The  next  impression  created  in  the  visitor's  mind  is  that  of 
the  order  of  things.  Everybody  is  going  somewhere  and  all 
seem  to  be  trying  to  reach  their  destination  in  the  least  pos- 
sible time.  A  shrill  whistle  is  heard  through  the  clamor  of 
street  cars,  the  shrieking  of  automobiles  and  the  rumble  of 
wagons.  Traffic  going  one  way  ceases  and  surges  forward 
in  another  direction.  The  visitor  looks  to  find  two,  three  and 
sometimes  four  policemen  guarding  a  crossing  and  as  he 
passes  quickly  from  block  to  block  he  forms  in  his  mind  the 
story  he'll  tell  to  the  folks  back  home  of  "The  Loop"  and  the 
hundreds  of  policemen  who  keep  "the  wheels  turning"  more 
efficiently  than  any  other  traffic  squad  in  the  world. 


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Police         History        157 

In  1906  Chief  John  M.  Collins  asked  permission  from  the 
city  council  to  establish  a  squad  of  mounted  policemen.  The 
aldermen  granted  him  an  appropriation  to  purchase  forty 
horses.  Two  years  later  finds  fifty-nine  men  in  the  mounted 
squad,  which  is  under  the  command  of  Captain  Charles  C. 
Healey.  It  was  during  this  year  that  Captain  Healey  repre- 
sented Chief  George  M.  Shippy  in  a  series  of  conferences  which 
were  held  between  the  Team  Owners'  Association,  the 
Teamsters'  Union  and  the  law  department  of  the  city.  At 
these  meetings  Captain  Healey  and  an  assistant  corporation 
counsel  explained  the  traffic  laws  and  mapped  the  foundation 
of  other  ordinances  governing  traffic  which  were  later  passed 
by  the  city  council.  Both  the  union  and  team  owners  co- 
operated and  today  every  teamster,  chauffeur  and  street  car 
motorman  has  a  thorough  understanding  of  traffic  rules  and 
regulations. 

In  his  report  for  the  year  1907  Chief  Shippy  commented : 

\Ye  now  have  the  traffic  situation  pretty  well  in  hand.  In 
fact,  there  is  a  large  decrease  in  the  number  of  arrests,  owing 
to  the  education  of  the  teamsters  regarding  the  rules  of  the 
road.  During  the  year  the  mounted  squad  handled  169  acci- 
dent cases  and  have  been  doing  exceptionally  good  work,  as 
have  also  the  crossing  police.  Never  in  the  history  of  the  de- 
partment has  our  downtown  district  been  better  taken  care  of, 
All  commercial  asociations  have  commented  favorably  on  this 
work. 

For  a  number  of  years  the  headquarters  of  the  mounted 
squad  were  in  an  old  barn  at  539  South  State  street  and  in 
1915  Secretary  Si  Mayer  of  the  department  fitted  up  a  build- 
ing at  Austin  avenue  and  La  Salle  street,  which  is  now  the 
headquarters  of  the  traffic  squad.  The  foot  men  used  to 
travel  from  the  Central  Detail  station. 


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Police         History        159 

In  1908  Captain  Healey  requested  an  additional  25  mounted 
men  to  handle  the  increasing  traffic  in  the  loop  and  to  help 
patrol  suburban  territory.  In  his  report  for  that  year  he  says 
25  mounted  men  are  in  the  loop  in  the  forenoon  and  23  in  the 
afternoon.  Then  he  tells  of  an  experiment  he  made  which 
proved  to  be  a  success.  He  placed  three  horses  at  the  Sumer- 
dale  station  and  two  horses  at  the  South  Englewood  station. 
Each  of  these  mounted  men  traveled  15  miles  a  day,  doubling 
up  on  the  beat  of  the  patrolmen  and  coming  in  very  handy 
indeed  on  several  occasions  to  suburbanites. 

In  1911  Chief  John  McWeeny  announced  that  the  work  of 
the  traffic  squad  had  been  very  gratifying  and  asked  for  more 
horses  that  the  congestion  in  the  loop  might  be  relieved. 
Twenty-four  mounted  men  were  injured  this  year  stopping 
runaways  and  through  their  horses  falling.  This  year  the 
mounted  men  were  ordered  to  report  street  defects  such  as 
broken  manholes  and  faulty  paving.  There  were  408  of  these 
reports  made. 

Chief  McWeeny's  request  for  25  more  mounted  men  was 
granted,  and  on  January  1.  1912,  the  mounted  squad  covered  a 
territory  from  Kinzie  to  Twelfth  streets  and  from  Halsted 
street  to  Sixteenth  street  and  from  Canal  street  to  Michigan 
avenue.  Today  the  mounted  squad  consists  of  151  men  and 
of  this  number  40  are  detailed  to  outlying  stations  where  they 
assist  in  the  patroling  of  suburban  homes  by  covering  from  ten 
to  fifteen  miles  a  day.  These  men  are  organized  on  a  military 
basis,  the  lieutenant  calling  the  sergeants  his  non-commis- 
sioned officers.  The  majority  of  the  men  in  the  squad  have 
served  in  the  United  States  cavalry  and  others  come  from  the 
artillery  and  the  infantry.  Before  being  transferred  to  the 
mounted  squad  each  man  is  examined  by  the  captain  in  charge 
with  regard  to  fitness.  The  mounted  squad  are  picked  men 

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EVANSTON  1609  Maple  Avenue 

WEST  SIDE  731  West  Adams  Street 

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Oakland  4120 
Hyde  Park  6700 
Hyde  Park  6709 
Englewood  637 
Yards  1582 

Wentworth  922 
Douglas  4441 
Prospect  2471 
Lake  View  3439 
Lincoln  3077 
Edgewater  6782 
Rogers  Park  374 
Bvanston  1140 
Monroe  1450 
Kedzie  3636 


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and  in  a  street  car  strike,  traffic  blockades,  fires  and  still  other 
industrial  troubles  they  have  proven  themselves  a  valuable 
acquisition  to  the  regular  force. 

Since  their  organization  the  mounted  police  have  assisted 
the  regular  force  in  breaking  up  anarchist  parades  and  meet- 
ings, and  have  given  efficient  aid  in  the  newspaper  drivers' 
strike,  the  building  trades  strike,  and  the  more  recent  street  car 
and  garment  workers'  strike. 

When  Captain  Healey  was  appointed  Chief  of  Police  by 
Mayor  William  Hale  Thompson  one  of  his  first  orders  on  en- 
tering upon  the  duties  of  that  office  was  to  appoint  Lieutenant 
Denman  as  acting  captain  of  the  mounted  squad.  Denman  was 
a  sergeant  under  Healey  when  the  squad  was  first  organized. 
He  assisted  the  present  chief  in  the  development  of  a  stand- 
ard of  efficiency  which  has  never  yet  been  equalled  by  another 
city.  Healey  himself  has  studied  the  traffic  problem  and  he 
made  his  men  study  with  him.  Years  were  spent  in  the  con- 
templation of  work  done  in  other  cities.  Denman  rose  in  rank 
to  a  lieutenancy.  When  Healey  was  appointed  Chief  he  looked 
in  vain  for  a  captain  who  really  understood  traffic  regulation. 
He  finally  decided  that  Lieutenant  Denman  was  the  only  of- 
ficer in  the  department  competent  to  handle  the  job,  and  there 
is  public  confidence  in  the  fact  that  a  better  appointment  could 
not  have  been  made. 

Under  Captain  Denman  are  three  lieutenants.  Two  com- 
mand the  foot  crossing  men  and  the  other  is  in  charge  of  the 
mounted  squad.  Lieutenant  George  H.  Weideling,  who  rides 
out  with  the  men  every  day,  is  one  of  the  crack  revolver  shots 
of  the  United  States  and  generally  heads  the  revolver  team 
of  the  department  whenever  a  competition  is  entered.  The 
two  companies  of  foot  crossing  men  are  under  the  command 


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162        Police         History 

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of  Lieutenant  John  Martin  No.  1,  and  John  Martin  No.  2.  One 
of  these  three  men  is  on  the  job  constantly  in  the  loop  dis- 
trict and  it  is  said,  much  to  their  credit,  that  they  can  dissolve 
a  traffic  blockade  in  less  time  than  any  other  police  force  in 
the  country. 

From  seven  till  eight  o'clock  in  the  morning  the  loop  cross- 
ings are  guarded  by  the  mounted  squad.  When  they  are  re- 
lieved by  one  company  of  foot  men  they  travel  post  till  one 
o'clock.  They  are  relieved  in  turn  by  another  mounted  troop 
which  leave  quarters  at  12  :15  o'clock  and  who  remain  on  duty 
till  6 :30  in  the  evening. 

Another  company  of  foot  men  go  on  duty  at  ten  o'clock  and 
remain  till  6 :45.  The  occasional  blockades  which  are  apt  to 
result  in  the  after-theater  crowds  are  handled  by  a  reserve 
squad  or  by  policemen  traveling  beat  out  of  the  Central  Detail 
station. 


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Police         History        165 


CHAPTER  XI. 

DEVELOPMENT    OF     POLICE 
DEPARTMENT 

YEAR    BY  YEAR  FROM    1879 


1879 — Chief  V.  A.  Seavey  requested  an  additional  300  men 
for  the  department  and  asked  a  raise  in  pay  for  the  men.  The 
latter  was  not  granted  till  three  years  later  and  the  request  for 
300  more  patrolmen  was  ignored  by  the  city  council.  This 
year  the  expenses  of  the  department  amounted  to  $432,758  and 
according  to  the  first  annual  report  which  was  published  this 
year,  the  department  owned  property  valued  at  $165,499.67. 
The  force  consisted  of  409  patrolmen,  4  captains,  18  lieuten- 
ants, 10  sergeants  and  10  detectives.  A  total  of  79  patrolmen 
had  been  dismissed  because  the  administration  decided  to 
economize  and  re-establish  the  credit  of  the  city.  Despite  this, 
27,208  arrests  were  made  and  $230,720  was  collected  in  fines 
by  the  justices  of  the  peace.  Chief  Seavey  called  the  attention 
of  the  aldermen  to  the  large  number  of  men  and  boys  who 
were  carrying  "seven-shooters" — a  new  model  of  revolver 
which  was  popular  at  that  time — and  asked  the  passage  of  an 
ordinance  carrying  a  severe  penalty  for  carrying  concealed 
weapons.  The  council  acted  favorably  on  this  suggestion  and 
also  appropriated  $375  for  the  first  horse  and  wagon  owned 
by  the  department.  The  men  were  paid  in  "city  scrip"  which 
was  subject  to  the  fluctuations  of  the  money  market  and  .in 


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>olice         History       167 

some  instances  their  salary  of  $900  did  not  have  the  purchas- 
ing power  to  support  their  families.  Jobs  on  the  police  force 
were  not  so  popular  then  as  now.  Chief  Seavey,  also,  always 
liked  to  call  attention  to  his  efficient  detective  force  under 
Lieutenant  William  McGarigle.  He  was  never  contradicted 
in  his  contention  that  Chicago  had  the  best  detective  force 
in  the  country. 

1880 — This  year  the  expenses  of  the  department  increased 
to  $493,672.38.  Fifty  new  patrolmen  were  added  by  the  coun- 
cil and  the  total  force  now  numbers  473  men.  From  the  28,480 
persons  who  were  arrested  $151,560  in  fines  was  .collected, 
under  Chief  William  J.  McGarigle  a  number  of  telephone  po- 
lice boxes  were  installed  in  the  West  Twelfth  Street  Station's 
district,  and  these  proved  so  successful  that  $58,000  was  asked 
from  the  council  to  erect  patrol  boxes  in  other  precincts.  "The 
number  of  arrests  was  doubled ;  a  marked  decrease  in  crime 
was  noted  and  the  efficiency  of  the  patrolmen  in  that  territory 
was  increased  a  thousand  percent,"  remarks  Chief  McGarigle. 
This  year  a  number  of  patrol  wagons  was  added  to  the  regu- 
lar force.  Records  of  the  department  show  they  were  painted 
a  bright  blue  with  brilliant  red  wheels.  Under  the  seats  were 
extra  clubs,  stretchers  and  handcuffs  and  there  was  even  a 
ring  affixed  to  the  bottom  of  the  wagon  to  tie  unruly,  obstrep- 
erous prisoners  to. 

1881 — Austin  J.  Doyle  is  superintendent  this  year  and  he 
credits  the  increase  in  the  number  of  arrests  to  the  patrol  box 
system.  This  year  $159,495  was  collected  in  fines  from  the 
32,800  people  who  were  arrested.  The  expenses  of  the  depart- 
ment amounted  to  $659,259.70  and  the  force  had  increased  to 
557  men. 

1882 — Tremendous  crowds  now  thronged  the  downtown 
district  daily  and  100  men  were  placed  at  the  Central  Detail 


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ESTABLISHED  1854 

PROVISION   DEALERS 

440  to  502  South  Clark  Street 
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COMPLIMENTS      OF 

Metro   Pictures   Service 


HARRY   WEISS,    MCR. 


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Horses  and  Mules 

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Manufacturers  of  the  Famous 

"ART"     PAPERS 

21st  Street  and  Western  Ave. 

PHONES  CANAL  94-95-96-97  CHICAGO 


>olice         History        169 

station  to  handle  the  traffic.  Chief  Doyle  called  the  swinging 
bridges  a  nuisance  and  told  how  a  blockade  resulted  every 
time  one  was  opened.  The  efficient  work  of  the  police  this 
year  resulted  in  a  $100  increase  in  pay  and  the  appropriation 
bill  for  1883  carried  with  it  $1,000  for  each  patrolman.  This 
year  368  police  alarm  boxes  was  reported  in  operation  and  a 
wagon  was  assigned  to  each  25  boxes,  needless  to  say,  but 
this  was  more  than  enough  to  keep  them  going  day  and  night. 

1882 — It  cost  $703,579.66  to  run  the  department  this  year. 
Clubwomen  forced  the  city  council  to  appoint  police  matrons 
and  Chief  Doyle  expressed  himself  well  satisfied  with  the 
work  they  accomplished  in  helping  women  prisoners  both 
spiritually  and  materially.  A  total  of  37,187  arrests  were  made 
and  $223,441  in  fines  imposed.  Under  Doyle  there  is  a  $10,000 
appropriation  for  secret  service.  Most  of  this  money  was 
spent  quelling  anarchist  troubles  and  labor  differences  by  the 
maintenance  of  an  information  bureau  which  reported  to  the 
Chief  what  the  radicals  and  labor  unions  intended  to  do  before 
it  was  done.  The  aldermen  thought  the  money  well  spent. 

1883 — The  924  policemen  this  year  made  39,434  arrests. 
Police  magistrates  imposed  $229,230  in  fines.  Twenty-four  men 
were  injured  on  duty  and  the  number  of  patrol  boxes  has  in- 
creased to  434.  Expenses  of  the  department,  $779,921.45. 

1884 — This  year  Frederick  Ebersold  was  at  the  head  of  the 
department  and  under  him  926  men  arrested  40,998  persons 
who  were  fined  a  total  of  $202,000.  Twenty-two  men  were  in- 
jured on  duty ;  the  patrol  boxes  number  474.  Expenses  of  the 
department  passed  the  million  mark  this  year,  being 
$1,079,344.74. 

1886 — The  city  council  increased  the  number  of  patrolmen 
to  1,145  men  this  year.  They  made  46,505  arrests  and  the 


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"justice  shops"  collected  $259,249  in  fines.     Expenses  of  the 
department  amounted  to  $1,303,562.67. 

1887 — A  little  more  than  $305,000  in  fines  was  charged  up 
to  the  50,432  persons  arrested  by  the  1,255  policemen  this 
year.  George  H.  Hubbard  signs  the  report  as  Chief  and  says 
501  patrol  boxes  keep  the  24  wagons  and  107  horses  owned 
by  the  department  pretty  busy.  Expenses  this  year  were 
$1,475,135.32. 

1888 — The  annexation  of  the  towns  of  Hyde  Park.,  Lake 
View,  Jefferson  and  Lake  added  266  new  men  to  the  Chicago 
Police.  Department  and  it  took  Chief  Hubbard  fully  two  years 
to  assimilate  them  into  the  Force,  which  he  was  slowly,  but 
surely,  organizing  into  one  vast  unit  for  the  protection  of  Chi- 
cago. The  total  roll  call  of  the  department  now  numbers 
1,624  men  and  48,119  arrests  were  made,  resulting  in  $275.925 
in  fines.  Records  show  that  41  men  were  injured  on  duty 
this  year. 

1889 — The  appropriation  bill  for  the  department  this  year 
jumps  above  the  two  million  mark  and  exactly  $2,200,126.96 
was  spent  protecting  Chicago.  Chief  Hubbard  installed  new 
patrol  boxes  in  some  of  the  annexed  territory,  showing  that 
now  654  boxes  have  been  installed  and  38  wagons  with  163 
horses  are  constantly  on  the  job  at  all  of  the  stations.  The 
department  now  numbers  1,900  men,  who  made  62.230  arrests, 
which  was  resultant  in  $363,938  in  fines.  Chief  Hubbard 
points  out  that  a  large  number  of  police  will  be  needed  to 
cope  with  the  crime  and  criminals  the  World's  Fair  was  ex- 
pected to  bring  to  Chicago  with  the  fame,  glory,  visitors  and 
money  of  such  an  event,  and  asks  a  large  increase  in  his  force. 
"It  has  been  a  remarkable  year  for  the  department,"  his  re- 
port to  the  mayor  and  council  reads.  "The  department  has 
now  reached  a  stage  of  efficiency  which,  if  maintained,  will 


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make  it  the  best  in  the  world.  We  have  captured  every  mur- 
derer and  few  indeed  are  the  criminals  who  escaped  the  net 
we  have  spread  in  Chicago  to  entangle  them.  We  have  also 
helped  the  police  of  other  cities  by  capturing  an  unusually 
large  number  of  fugitives. 

1891 — Chief  R.  W.  McClaughry  lists  thirty-eight  men  who 
performed  meritorious  acts  during  the  year.  The  men  of  the 
department,  he  said,  never  missed  an  opportunity  to  distin- 
guish themselves  and  the  bravery  of  individuals  totaled  such 
a  large  percentage  in  1892  that  the  list  was  not  published  in 
the  annual  report.  A  total  of  89,833  arrests  were  made  in  '91 
and  $615,822  in  fines  resulted.  The  expenses  of  the  depart- 
ment amounted  to  $3,035,043.92.  More  than  2,600  alarms  were 
answered  by  the  three  ambulances  and  the  total  number  of 
patrol  wagons  had  been  increased  to  40  and  225  alarm  boxes 
now  assisted  in  the  policing  of  the  city. 

1892  and  1893  covered  elsewhere  in  this  volume. 

1894 — This  year  the  department  rose  above  the  demoraliza- 
tion caused  by  a  council  order  to  decrease  the  force  275  men. 
For  a  short  time  there  was  confusion  and  wholesale  dismis- 
sals were  expected.  But  Chief  M.  Brennan  sent  out  word  men 
would  be  released  gradually,  that  only  men  with  poor  records 
would  be  dismissed  and  a  more  strict  enforcement  of  the  rules 
governing  the  department  would  be  observed  till  the  decrease 
had  been  made.  This  communication  put  the  men  upon  their 
mettle  and  while  rigid  discipline  was  maintained  the  charac- 
ter and  morals  of  the  department  improved  and  the  standard 
of  conduct  of  the  men  was  elevated. 

Because  of  the  financial  situation  the  miscellaneous  fund  of 
the  department  was  cut  to  almost  nothing  and  no  repairs  were 
made.  Chief  Brennan  urged  an  increase  in  the  force  and 


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pointed  out  how  Chicago  now  had  1,800,000  people  and  had 
only  2,277  men  to  patrol  187  square  miles  of  territory.  More 
than  400  patrolmen  were  detailed  on  fixed  posts  and  this  fur- 
ther crippled  the  force.  During  the  year,  however,  500  extra 
men  were  placed  on  duty  in  the  great  railroad  strike  and  boy- 
cott. So  in  '95  the  department  had  3,188  men. 

Because  of  the  severe  criticism  entailed  by  some  of  the 
members  of  the  department.  Chief  Brennan  came  out  direct  in 
his  report  in  the  defense  of  his  men.  He  said  in  the  report : 

"The  popular  idea  of  a  policeman's  duties  appears  to  fall 
far  short  of  the  actual  facts.  Besides  maintaining  the  peace  as 
far  as  matters  fall  under  his  personal  observation,  he  must 
serve  warrants  and  other  processes  of  the  police  courts  when 
required  so  to  do ;  he  must  be  on  the  lookout  for  and  report 
defective  sidewalks,  unemptied  garbage  boxes,  leaking  water 
pipes,  flooded  sewers,  broken  pavements  and  dangerous  build- 
ings. He  is  relied  upon  to  do  almost  anything,  from  taking  a 
drunken  man  home  to  his  family  to  rescuing  persons  from 
death  in  a  burning  house.  He  must  be  the  guardian  of  all 
sorts  of  things  and  persons,  from  unhitched  teams  to  lost  chil- 
dren, and  he  is  expected  to  catch  a  fleeing  burglar  or  a  run- 
away horse  with  equal  promptness  and  facility.  He  must 
make  canvasses  of  the  city  for  all  purposes,  and  he  is  expected 
to  know  where  all  the  car  lines  run  and  where  all  hotels,  sta- 
tions and  public  buildings  are  located.  The  average  citizen 
would  find  it  hard  to  answer  correctly  half  the  questions  put 
to  a  policeman  in  the  course  of  a  day." 

Charges  of  everything  from  "pilfering  to  politics"  had  been 
made  against  the  department  and  Chief  Brennan  invited  com- 
parison of  the  force  with  an  equal  number  of  men  taken  from 
the  body  of  the  population  of  the  city.  The  slanders,  he  said. 


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Savings  Deposits  in  sums  of  One  Dollar  or  more  to  any  amount  are 
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computed  semi-annually. 

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OFFICERS 

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JOHN  T.    EMERY.  Vice  Pres.  CLARENCE  E.  STIMMING,  Asst.  Cashier 

CHARLES  E  SCHICK.  Vice  Pres.     VICTOR  H.  THIELE,  Assistant  Cashier 

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came  from  the  months  of  thoughtless,  if  not  malicious,  men. 

This  year  was  an  important  one  in  the  history  of  the  depart- 
ment and  the  figures  here  quoted  will  give  the  reader  an  idea 
of  the  multiple  duties  of  the  police  then,  to  which  still  other 
tasks  have  been  added  in  later  years.  There  were  88,323  per- 
sons arrested  and  $452,340  in  fines  imposed.  Besides  this, 
3,865  lost  children  were  restored  to  their  parents,  133,006 
homeless  persons  were  allowed  to  sleep  in  the  stations,  136,- 
615  meals  were  provided  to  the  homeless  and  to  prisoners, 
4,927  accidenSs  were  reported,  377  burglaries  frustrated,  416 
dead  bodies  found,  2,591  disturbances  suppressed,  377 'defec- 
tive drains  reported,  also  227  defective  gas  pipes,  847  defective 
hydrants,  1,142  water  pipes,  1,073  sewers  and  catch  basins, 
4,113  culverts,  15,471  sidewalks,  20,093  nuisances  and  dead 
animals,  29,505  unlighted  street  lamps,  4,207  broken  street 
lamps  and  1,131  violations  of  building  ordinances.  Assistance 
was  given  15,665  women  and  children.  397  fires  extinguished 

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without  the  aid  of  the  fire  department  and  146  fugitives  from 
justice  arrested  at  the  request  of  authorities  from  other  cities. 

A  small-pox  epidemic  during  the  early  part  of  the-  year 
caused  a  large  number  of  men  to  be  detailed  to  aid  the  health 
department.  Not  one  shirked  the  duty  of  patroling  or  enter- 
ing plague  stricken  houses  and  highest  praise  was  accorded 
the  department  by  "the  health  commissioner. 

During  the  year  a  few  changes  in  the  uniforms  were  made 
so  commanding  officers  might  be  more  easily  distinguished. 
A  stripe  was  placed  on  the  sleeve  of  the  uniforms  for  each  five 
years  of  service  and  the  appearance  of  the  personnel  of  the  de- 
partment was  observed  and  commented  upon  by  the  citizens. 

Among  the  other  tremendous  improvements  which  took 
place  under  the  administration  of  Mayor  Hopkins  and  the 
leadership  of  Chief  Brennan  was  the  drafting  of  a  civil  service 
law  for  the  government  of  the  force. 


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Cottage  Grove     Avenue 

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Single    Rooms    with    Private 
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Double    Rooms   with  Private 
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Police          History        179 

The  principles  and  methods  adopted  by  the  commission  ap- 
pointed by  Mayor  Hopkins  had  long  been  advocated  by  Chief 
Brennan,  who  had  supported  and  advocated  civil  service  rules 
to  govern  police  departments  in  the  last  convention  of  the 
Chief  of  Police  at  Aurora.  The  men  who  drew  up  the  law 
were  Corporation  Counsel  Harry  Rubens,  John  W.  Ela  and 
John  H.  Hamline.  This  law  was  passed  almost  immediately 
by  the  state  legislature  and  placed  into  effect.  A  large  per- 
centage of  the  department  had  to  pass  examinations  held  later 
and  very  nearly  all  of  the  men  passed  with  flying  colors. 

Another  law  urged  by  Chief  Brennan  and  his  predecessors 
was  one  making  it  a  serious  offense  to  carry  concealed  weap- 
ons. The  council  ignored  his  plea.  Request  was  also  made 
for  a  physician  who  would  prove  of  value  in  accident  cases 
and  an  additional  10  ambulances  were  asked  for.  "Economy" 
delayed  these  improvements  to  a  later  date. 

At  the  end  of  the  year  a  total  of  877  patrol  boxes  were  in 
operation  and  the  department  owned  247  horses  which  were 
used  to  draw  41  patrol  wagons  and  6  ambulances.  Expenses 
of  the  department  totaled  $3,643,936.17. 

1895 — When  J.  J.  Badenoch  was  appointed  general  superin- 
tendent he  was  ordered  to  clean  up  the  city  and  he  proceeded 
to  do  it.  For  a  few  months  after  the  railroad  strike  the  3,500 
men  on  the  force  patroled  Chicago  and  crimes  grew  less  fre- 
quent. But  the  new  administration  dismissed  500  men  and 
once  again  the  efficiency  of  the  department  received  a  set- 
back. Every  public  gambling  house  and  a  great  majority  of 
vicious  massage  parlors  were  closed  and  in  a  "dope  war"  31 
"hop  joints"  on  the  South  Side  were  raided  and  thousands  of 
dollars'  worth  of  dope  was  confiscated  and  destroyed.  Chin- 
ese gambling  was  abolished  and  during  the  year  satisfactory 
service  was  rendered  in  many  strikes  and  lockouts.  The  ap- 


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WILLIAM  P.  WILLIAMS,  Pres.  and  Treas.                               ROBERT   ALLERTON,  Vice-Pres- 
W.  C.  BOWMAN,  Secretary                                                               H.  C.  LEICHSENRING,  Gen.  Mgr. 

Srt  .Marble  (Company 

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MANUFACTURERS 

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CHICAGO 

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Police         H      i      s      t      o      r      yj     181 

pointative  system  of  selecting  men  for  the  department  was 
totally  abolished  this  year  and  absolute  neutrality  was  main- 
tained during  the  election.  Badenoch  found  the  merit  system 
of  promotion  acting  as  a  spur  to  the  department.  This  year 
expenses  amounted  to  $3,421,875.63  and  83,464  arrests  were 
made,  resulting  in  $301,555  in  fines.  More  than  6,000  calls 
were  answered  by  six  ambulances  and  96  men  were  hurt  on 
duty. 

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1896  —  "Discipline  and  arrangements  were  such  on  election 
day  this  year  that  not  a  single  fight  occurred  at  a  polling  place 
all  day,"  reports  Chief  Badenoch.  "A  new  departure  was 
made  in  that  all  saloons  and  drinking  places  were  closed,  ab- 
solutely, during  voting  hours,  for  the  first  time  in  the  history 
of  the  city.  These  excellent  results  show  the  wisdom  in  keep- 
ing the  department  from  politics  and  in  the  enforcement  of 
the  new  law."  A  number  of  strikes  of  minor  importance  oc- 
curred this  year  and  universal  satisfaction  was  expressed  by 
both  the  labor  unions  and  the  manufacturers  over  the  way  the 
troubles  were  handled.  Neutrality  was  maintained  and  the 
force  only  interferred  to  protect  lives  or  property. 

1896  —  During  the  year  a  request  was  made  for  300  addi- 
tional men  which  was  refused.  Not  one  of  the  beats  averaged 
less  than  a  mile  in  length  and  when  the  severe  winter  of  '96 
and  '97  set  in  a  serious  situation  arose.  Crimes  increased  and 
thousands  applied  daily  to  police  stations  for  aid.  During 
January  and  February  an  extreme  cold  spell  struck  the  city. 
The  thermometer  ranged  from  five  to  twenty  degrees  below 
zero.  When  crime  increased  something  like  one  hundred  per- 
cent the  first  week  of  this  cold  wave  the  mayor  ordered  relief 
given.  Commanding  the  police  department  to  turn  their  sta- 
tions into  distributing  points  for  aid,  he  issued  a  proclamation 
calling  upon  citizens  to  help  relieve  the  sufFerngs  of  the  poor. 


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JOSEPH   DUSEK.  President  and  Treasurer 

E.  V.  McCONKEY,  Vice-President 

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Exactly  $61,855.81  was  donated  to  The  Mayor's  Fund,  as  it 
was  called,  and  not  one  cent  of  this  was  spent  for  distributing 
expenses.  The  men  themselves  "chipped  in"  to  the  extent  of 
$1,680  and  a  great  decrease  in  the  amount  of  crime  was  no- 
ticed when  aid  was  forthcoming,  which  "established  the  fact," 
says  Chief  Badenoch,  "that  many  of  the  poor  were  driven  to 
crime  in  order  to  exist  when  they  found  there  was  no  other 
alternative  than  to  steal  or  starve."  A  regular  quota  of  ra- 
tions was  established  for  different  sized  families  and  members 
of  the  department  investigated  every  application  for  aid. 
Meats  were  donated  by  Armour  &  Co.,  Swift  &  Co.,  Nelson 
Morris  &  Co.,  Arnold  Bros.  Co.,  and  Oscar  Mayer.  Beans, 
peas  and  meal  were  donated  by  Franklin  McVeagh  &  Co., 
W.  M.  Hoyt  &  Co.,  Reid,  Murdock  &  Co.,  McNeill  &  Higgins 
Co.  and  W.  J.'  Quan  &  Co.  Thousands  of  pounds  of  bread 
were  donated  by  H.  H  Kohlsaat,  the  William  Schmidt  Bak- 
ing Co.,  F.  E.  Coyne  and  the  D.  F'.  Bremmer  Baking  Co.  The 
horrible  prevalence  of  poverty  may  easily  be  imagined  when 
it  is  stated  that  65,557  families  were  relieved,  a  total  of  304,802 
persons,  an  average  of  2,731  families,  or  12,700  persons,  a  day. 
This  year  97  patrolmen  were  injured,  6  ambulances  answered, 
6,832  calls  and  912  patrol  boxes  assisted  in  the  policing  of  the 
city.  Expenses  this  year  mounted  up  to  $3,375,739.94.  This 
left  $71,431.94  of  the  appropriation,  the  saving  being  made 
because  of  the  condition  of  the  city's  finances.  Arrests  totaled 
99,847,  an  increase  of  13,383,  and  $300,319  in  fines  was  imposed. 

1897 — Prosperity  returned  this  year  and  the  number  of  ar- 
rests went  down  to  83,680.  Chief  Joseph  Kipley,  however,  re- 
iterated the  need  for  more  men  and  asked  for  500  new  patrol- 
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he  proudly  points  to  the  fact  that  few  perpetrators  of  crimes 
have  escaped.  Expenses  this  year  are  $3,457,665.89.  The 
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ber  944;  6,998  runs  were  made  by  the  six  ambulances  and 
$216,284  was  imposed  in  fines.  The  year  ends  with  3,594  men 
in  the  department. 

1898 — Chief  Kipley  once  again  asked  for  500  more  men. 
His  reply  came  in  the  form  of  an  order  cutting  the  depart- 
ment to  3,304  men.  All  of  the  department  is  now  under  civil 
service.  The  state  legislature  appointed  a  commission  to  in- 
vestigate the  force  and  after  a  three  weeks'  probe  they  re- 
ported that  they  were  unable  to  find  any  irregularities.  The 
city  now  has  a  patrolman  for  every  701  people — the  poorest 
protection  in  America.  The  department  cared  for  9,584  sick 
and  injured  people,  made  77,441  arrests,  resulting  in  $212,056 
in  fines  and  187  men  were  hurt  on  duty.  Six  ambulances  an- 
swered 7,510  calls  this  year.  When  President  William  McKin- 
ley  visited  the  city  for  the  laying  of  the  corner  stone  of  the  new 
Federal  Building,  he  complimented  the  mayor  on  the  ease  with 
which  the  police  force  handled  the  huge  crowd  that  witnessed 
the  ceremony.  The  department  passed  through  another  ordeal 
when  it  successfully  patroled  the  Fall  Festival,  a  tremendous 
jollification  which  was  held  to  celebrate  the  return  of  good 
times. 

1899 — This  year  the  city  council  decided  it  would  try  to  do 
what  the  legislature  failed  to  accomplish,  to  find  fault  with  the 
department.  An  investigation  was  opened.  All  information 
the  aldermen  asked  for  they  were  handed.  After  discussing 
the  matter  no  report  was  made.  There  was  nothing  wrong 
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delayed  answering  his  plea.  The  annexation  of  Austin  and 
Blue  Island  added  more  territory  and  brought  the  area  of  the 
city  up  to  191  square  miles.  Chief  Kipley  decided  to  use  the 
Austin  Town  Hall  as  a  station  till  better  quarters  could  be 
had.  The  work  of  installing  patrol  boxes  in  this  new  terri- 
tory was  begun  immediately.  One  more  ambulance  iv^s  add- 
ed to  the  department,  making  seven,  which  answered  7,316 
calls  during  the  year.  Expenses  amounted  to  $3,524, 724.81 ; 
71,349  arrests  were  made,  $263,687  in  fines  imposed,  and  229 
men  were  injured  on  duty.  There  is  a  total  of  3,267  men  in 
the  department  and  2,450  of  these  travel  beats.  The  Central 
Detail  squad  was  enlarged  to  350  men,  this  being  the  number 
required  to  handle  the  traffic  and  to  patrol  the  loop  district. 
Si  Mayed  was  made  secretary  of  the  department  this  year,  a 
job  he  has  held  to  the  satisfaction  of  everybody  up  to  this  day. 

1900. — During  the  summer  of  this  year  the  department  cred- 
itably handled  the  encampment  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic.  In  his  report  Chief  Joseph  Kipley  thought  the 
people  of  Chicago  should  be  proud  of  their  police  force.  The 
city  council  showed  its  appreciation  of  the  efficient  work  done 
by  the  department  by  ignoring  a  request  for  500  more  men 
and  by  ordering  a  large  reduction  in  expense  which  necessi- 
tated the  dissmissal  of  a  number  of  men.  This  year  128  mur- 
ders were  committed  and  only  5  of  the  murderers  escaped.  Five 
patrolmen  were  promoted  to  detective  sergeants  for  good  work 
and  the  war  on  opium  dens  and  dope  joints  continued.  This 
year  Captain  M.  P.  Evans  of  the  ^identification  Bureau  asked 
that  a  law  compelling  the  parol  board  to  get  the  record  of  the 
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sentence  in  the  penitentiary  might  be  increased  and  fewer 
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men  were  hurt  on   duty  and  7,807   runs   were  made  by  the 
ambulances. 

1901. — Francis  O'Neill  was  appointed  Chief  of  Police  and 
the  first  year  he  was  in  office  a  vigorous  campaign  was 
instituted  against  beggars  who  for  years  had  made  a  fat  living 
from  Chicagoans.  A  number  of  these  worthies,  after  being 
brought  into  court  and  fined,  went  into  more  legitimate  busi- 
ness. A  municipal  lodging  house  was  opened  relieving  the 
police  of  the  necessity  of  caring  for  shelterless  men  inside  the 
station.  The  men  detailed  at  the  Desplaines  street  station 
held  a  little  jubilee  all  of  their  own  opening,  the  opening  of  this 
institution.  The  police  seldom  slept  in  the  dormitory  of  that 
station.  The  hundreds  of  derelicts  who  were  quartered 
downstairs  made  the  place  almost  untenantable.  Vermin 
crawl  up,  you  know. 

Of  the  9,315  persons  sheltered  at  the  Municipal  Lodg- 
ing House  2,264  people  were  given  jobs.  Police  stations 
housed  5,500  other  persons.  This  year  Raymond  Robbins 
made  the  first  report  of  work  accomplished  by  the  municipal 
lodging  house.  Of  the  many  industrial  affrays  where  the  police 
were  asked  to  assist  in  maintaining  order  three  stand  out 
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officers  were  injured  in  the  riots  which  took  place.  Riots 
attending  this  strike  were  the  most  serious  that  had  occurred 
since  those  of  1894  and  the  gravity  of  the  situation  was  capably 
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traffic  in  and  out  of  the  city  ceased  altogether  at  one  time. 
The  department  guarded  all  freight  houses  and  hundreds  of 
small  sized  battles  took  place  when  assaults  were  made  upon 
strikebreakers.  Commanding  officers  were  placed  in  charge 
of  strike  details  who  were  veterans  of  the  railroad  strike  and 
no  lives  were  taken.  More  than  a  thousand  men  struck  for 
better  conditions  against  the  downtown  department  stores 
and  for  a  week  the  loop  was  in  a  turmoil.  Here,  again,  the 
department  proved  itself  competent  to  meet  the  situation  and 
Chief  O'Neill  warmly  praised  the  work  of  his  men  at  the  end 
of  the  year.  "The  department  has  been  growing  less  in 
strength  every  year  since  1893  and  I  think  we  are  justified  in 
saying  that  we  are  accomplishing  all  that  may  be  expected  of 
us  under  the  circumstances,"  he  said  in  his  report. 

The  number  of  lodgers  cared  for  at  the  stations  de- 
creased 30,000.  Of  105  homicides,  five  murderers  escaped, 
247  men  were  hurt  on  duty,  69,442  arrests  were  made,  $258,060 
in  fines  imposed,  expenses  of  the  department  amounted  to 
$3,409,006.95  and  3,274  people  were  cared  for  by  the  ambu- 
lances. Many  confidence  men  were  arrested,  gambling  had 
been  suppressed  and  moves  were  being  made  to  restrict  the 
Levee  district. 

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money  apportioned  the  department  under  its  distribution  of 
taxes  made  it  necessary  to  lengthen  vacations  without  pay. 
This  move  was  decided  upon  so  the  morale  of  the  force  would 
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downtown  saloons,  which  formerly  gave  the  department  so 
much  trouble,  were  abolished.  Nearly  500  slot  machines  were 
destroyed  and  many  objectionable  residents  were  ousted  from 
the  downtown  district.  Chief  O'Neill  asked  for  two  more 
ambulances  and  pointed  out  how  the  one  at  Desplaines  Street 
station  traveled  a  total  of  13,064  miles  during  the  year;  35^2 
miles  a  day.  The  force  now  numbers  3,164  men,  who  made 
70,314  arrests  resulting  in  $245,440  in  fines.  Opium  joints 
were  stamped  out  this  year.  The  roll  of  honor  mounted  into 
the  hundreds  and  the  Chief  decided  he  couldn't  print  it  without 
slighting  the  rest  of  the  force.  While  deploring  the  260  men 
who  were  arraigned  before  the  trial  board  of  the  civil  service 
commission  he  pointed  out  that  in  1893,  the  World's  Fair 
Year,  1,910  men  were  charged  with  violating  the  rules  of  the 
department. 

1903.— The  increase  in  salary  from  $1,000  to  $1,100  a  year 
for  patrolmen  was  made  this  year,  the  first  in  a  quarter  of  a 
century.  This  year  was  an  eventful  one  and  before  telling  of 
the  Iroquois  Fire,  the  capture  of  the  car  barn  bandits,  the 
street  car  strike  and  other  occurrences  it  may  be  well  to  give  in 
brief  the  less  important  things  which  were  accomplished.  Ex- 
penses amounted  to  $3,492,488,  122  probationary  men  were 
appointed,  an  increase  of  1,000  men  was  called  a  crying  neces- 
sity, tire  number  of  safeblowings  diminished  when  several  of 
these  gangs  were  convicted,  beggars  and  con  men  were  rarely 
complained  of,  street  soliciting  was  confined  to  the  segregated 
district,  strict  enforcement  of  the  midnight  closing  order  for 
saloons  proved  successful,  gambling  almost  entirely  stamped 
out  with  the  exception  of  a  few  evasions  by  bookmakers,  policy 
shops  were  eradicated,  a  special  detail  of  police  under  Officer 
Clifton  Wooldridge  put  out  of  business  hundreds  of  fake  matri- 
monial bureaus,  turf  investment  concerns,  bucket  shops,  wire 
tappers,  fake  promoters,  book  agencies  and  other  concerns. 


BETTER  THAN   SPONGES 

TEMPCO 
Self  •  Gleaning 
Auto-Washer 

Cleans  your  car  in  15 

minutes.      No     wet 

hands  or  clothes. 

Mud    Scraper  for  Under" 

Fenders. 
PRICECOMPLETES3  SO 

TEMPCO  MFG.  CO.  Inc. 

Monroe  2288 
CHICAGO,  ILL. 


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Telephone  Diversey  8251                                                 Established  1878 

Aug.  Burke  Roofing  Co. 

GRAVEL. 
ROOF-ERS 

Ready  Roofing  Over  Shingles.     Old  Roofs  Repaired  and 
Recoated.     Asphalt  Shingles. 

2621-23  N.    tfalstecl   Street 

Telephone 
Edgewater  3284 

Seminal 

(gmg? 

EXCLUSIVELY 
ELECTRIC 

"Terminal  Service  Is 
Efficient  Service" 

4464  Broadway            Chicago 

For  a  Really 

GOOD 

Lunch 

McKinnon's 

143-145  N.  Wabash  Ave. 
22  S.  Wabash  Ave. 
21-23-25  E.  Adams  Street 
232  W.  Madison  Street 

Corner  Franklin  Street 

Phone  Randolph  3166 

Thomas  Hardware 
&  Cutlery  Co. 

INCORPORATED 

Cutlery  -  Hardware  -  Tools 

Sporting  Goods 
Barber  Supplies 

42   S.  Clark  Street              Chicago 

Near  Monroe  Street 

Phone                        Res.  Phone 
Ed  g-e  water  4002          Ravenswood  694 

DAVID   W.  EDGAR 

Funeral  Director 

Auto  and  Ambulance 
Service 

4804  N.  ROBEY  ST.        CHICAGO 

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The  federal  government  co-operated  with  the  department  and 
wonderful  results  were  obtained.  A  total  of  159  men  were 
injured  on  duty  77,763  arrests  were  made  and  $330,026  in  fines 
was  imposed,  and  1,022  patrol  boxes  were  in  service. 


The  Iroquois  Fire. 

On  the  afternoon  of  December  30,  600  people  perished  in 
the  most  terrible  calamity  which  had  ever  befallen  the  city. 
"Mr.  Bluebear,  Jr.,"  was  in  the  sixth  week  of  a  successful  run 
at  the  Iroquois  Theatre  and  the  playhouse  wras  crowded  with 
2,000  people,  mostly  women  and  children.  At  the  opening  of  the 
second  act  the  scenery  caught  fire  and  the  asbestos  curtain 
failed  to  hold  the  flames  which  burst  through  as  though  it  had 
been  made  of  paper.  Tongues  of  flame  shot  into  the  theater 
and  there  was  a  wild  panic.  Stairways  and  aisles  were  found 
choked  with  people,  some  of  whom  had  been  suffocated,  others 
crushed,  burned  and  trampled  to  death. 

When  the  alarm  was  turned  in  at  3  :30  that  afternoon  Chief 
O'Neill  ordered  every  patrolman  that  could  be  spared  to  the 
scene  "of  the  disaster.  The  bodies  of  women  and  children  lay 
ten  feet  deep  near  the  entrances  and  policemen  and  firemen  set 
to  work  to  distangle  them  under  the  supervision  of  Chief 
O'Neill  and  First  Deputy  Schuettler.  Every  ambulance  and 
most  of  the  patrol  wagons  of  the  department  were  called  into 
service  and  some  business  trucks  were  even  used  as  hearses. 
More  than  250  people  were  injured  and  many  of  these  died 
later.  In  less  than  3  hours  the  clearing  of  the  playhouse  was 
accomplished  and  the  work  of  identification  was.  begun.  We 
are  justly  proud  of  the  work  the  police  department  accom- 
plished in  this  emergency. 


Full  Line  of  Plumbing, 
Heating  and  Pneumatic 
Waterworks  Supplies 

Sold  Direct  at  Wholesale  Prices. 
20%  to  40%  Saving 

Complete  bathroom  outfits,  tubs, 
closets,  lavatories,  kitchen  sinks, 
pneumatic  waterworks  supplies. etc. 
Prompt  shipment  from  a  complete 
stock.  The  only  house  selling:  up-to- 
date,  guaranteed  goods  at  wholesale 
direct.  Write  for  illustrated  catalogue 
and  Prices. 

B.     Karol 

800-802  South  Kedzie  Avenue 
CHICAGO,  ILL, 


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PHONE  LAKE  VIEW  2510 

Manz  Engraving  Co. 

4001-4053  Ravenswood  Ave.         Chicago 

JAMES  C.  GAVIN 

Iffmtnral 
itorinr 

324  and  326  S,  Racine  Avenue 

At  Van  Buren  Street 
Telephone  Monroe  731 
CHICAGO 

THE  F.  1,  DODGE 
COMPANY 

CONSTRUCTION 
REPORTS 

842-856  Monadnock  Block 
CHICAGO 

GEO.    LASKER                           CHAS.   LASKER                           FRANK  LASKER 
FRED.  LASKER                                                                                       SEYMOUR  LASKER 

TELEPHONE    YARDS   5189 

LASKER  IRON    WORKS 

2830  8,  Ashland  Avenue                               CHICAGO 
WELDED  TANKS 

BOILERS.  STACKS,  TANKS  AND  BR.EECHINGS 

GENERAL                                                                              REPAIR  WORK 
PLATE  CONSTRUCTION                                                PROMPTLY  ATTENDED  TO 

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The  Car-Barn  Bandits. 

On  the  afternoon  of  the  29th  of  August,  four  bandits  armed 
with  automatic  revolvers,  held  up  the  Sixty-First  Street  barns 
of  the  Chicago  Railways  Company  killing  Frank  Stewart, 
night  receiver,  and  John  Johnson  a  motorman.  Xo  clues  were 
left  by  the  thieves  who  escaped  with  $2,600.  William  Edmon- 
ton who  was  wounded  told  the  police  of  the  rapidity  of  the 
gun  fire  and  the  police  set  out  to  find  the  automatic  gun  gang 
which  had  been  terrorizing  the  city  for  weeks.  The  company 
offered  $5,000  reward. 

Two  months  later  Detectives  John  Ouin  and  William  Baul 
learned  that  boy  named  Gustave  Marx  had  been  seen  in  a 
saloon  with  an  automatic  and  a  large  sum  of  money.  A  few 
days  later  the  detectives  found  Marx  in  a  saloon.  In  making 
the  arrest  Quin  was  killed  and  Marx  wounded.  Assistant 
Chief  Schuettler  took  personal  charge  of  the  cross  examination 
of  Marx  and  all  Sunday,  Monday  and  Tuesday  he  was  sub- 
jected to  "the  third  degree,"  or  the  "stomach  pump"  as  it  is 
called.  Tuesday  night  he  confessed,  implicating  Harvey  Van 
Dine,  Peter  Neidermeir  and  Emil  Roeski. 

Thanksgiving  the  three  bandits  were  identified  at  Pine, 
Ind.,  by  a  school  teacher  who  had  seen  one  of  the  circulars 
which  were  spread  broadcast  over  the  country.  Detectives 
Matthew  Zimmer,  James  Gleason,  and  Patrolmen  Martin 
Qualey,  Joseph  Baumer,  John  Sheehan,  Joseph  Hughes  and 
John  Driscoll  were  detailed  to  capture  the  men,  who  they  found 
in  a  dugout  near  Indian  harbor.  A  command  was  given  to 
surrender  and  the  door  of  the  hut  was  thrown  open  and  one 
of  the  automatics  spat,  killing  Driscoll  and  wounding  Zimmer. 
Re-enforcements  arrived  later  under  the  command  of  Assistant 
Chief  Schuettler  and  Secretary  James  Markham.  In  the  mean- 


GRAHAM  BROS. 

MANUFACTURERS  REPRESENTATIVES 

"Automobile  Specialties" 


Tucker  Auto  Truck  Jack. 

Neville  ''More  Room"  Steering 

Wheels. 

McFall  Rubber  Co. 

Premier  Electric  Co's  Vulcanizers. 


Superb  Mfg.  Co. 

G.  B.  Shock  Absorbers  for  Ford  Cars. 

Spark  Plugs. 

Horns. 

Duplicate  Parts  for    Ford  Cars. 


2332     Michigan     Boulevard 


Chicago 


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FAfilF  BRAND    SHOE 

LttULL    mX/tlllS  POLISHES 

We  make  a  Dressing  FOR  EVERY  SHOE 

The  American  Shoe  Polish  Co. 

"THE  MARK  OF  QUALITY" 

CHICAGO,    U.    S.    A. 

PARAGON 

Telephone,  Main  1090 
Auto.  3-1090 

Laundry 

Established  1889 

Savage  Bros.  Co. 

3543  N.  Ashland  Ave. 

Phone  Lake  View  23 

Machinery  and  Copper- 
work  For  Confectioners 
and  Bakers 

Our   reputation  [for   HIGH 
GRADE  WORK  has  been  es- 
tablished  25   years. 

We  are     DRY    CLEANERS 
and  LAUNDERERS. 

319-323    AUSTIN  AVE. 
CHICAGO 

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DYERS  AND  GLEANERS 

2123  33  Lincoln  Avenue                                  CHICAGO 

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time  the  bandits  had  escaped  and  shot  and  killed  Brakeman 
Sovea  who  refused  to  board  an  engine  at  their  command.  At 
Liverpool,  Ind.,  the  engine  jumped  the  track  and  the  youths 
took  refuge  in  a  corn  field  where  Van  Dine  and  Niedermeir 
were  later  captured.  Roeski  escaped  and  was  caught  miles 
away  at  Aetna.  When  brought  before  Chief  O'Neill  all  con- 
fessed and  each  bragged  of  killing  his  man.  In  saloon  holdups 
prior  to  the  car  barn  raid  the  gang  had  killed  two  men  and  a 
boy.  The  bandits  were  hung.  Not  one  was  more  than  23 
years  old  and  all  met  their  deaths  like  boys. 


Strikes. 

The  street  car  strike  which  was  inauguarated  on  November 
12  and  which  continued  for  two  weeks  cost  both  the  strikers 
and  police  many  broken  heads  and  the  street  car  company 
some  thousands  of  dollars  worth  of  property.  The  company 
refused  to  consider  to  the  demands  of  the  union  till  Mayor 
Harrison  and  the  city  council  stepped  in  as  arbiters.  Many 
cable  and  electric  cars  were  wrecked  and  much  hardship  was 
inflicted  upon  the  300,000  people  who  used  the  street  cars  daily. 

Another  large  strike  occurred  when  the  employes  of  the 
Kellogg  Switchboard  Supply  Company  walked  out.  Com- 
mencing on  May  4  there  was  no  trouble  till  the  middle  of  July 
when  Judge  Jesse  Holdom  issued  an  anti-picketing  injunction. 
A  great  deal  of  disorder  occurred  when  mobs  attacked  the 
wagons  of  the  Kellogg  Company  which  delivered  goods  to 
freight  terminals.  Teamsters  showed  their  sympathy  in  both 
strikes ;  by  driving  on  the  tracks  and  refusing  to  allow  cars  to 
pass  in  the  street  car  strike,  and  by  blockading  the  streets 
leading  to  the  space  in  front  of  the  delivery  platforms  of  the 
freight  stations  in  the  electricians  walkout. 


John  T.  Cunningham 

MANUFACTURER  OF 

FINE   ICE  CREAMS 

Punches,  Frappes,  Water  Ices, 
Frozen  Puddings,  etc. 

Main  Office  and  Factory  Branch 

2235-2243  W.  Van  Buren  Street  1801-1803  Berteau  Avenue 

Phone  West  752  Phone  Lake  View  6102 


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TELEPHONE   ALBANY   26OO 

The  Robbins  Mfg.  Co. 

FACTORY  1801-15  N.  CENTRAL  PARK  AVE. 

CHICAGO 

WINDOW  AND  DOOR  SCREENS 

ALL  METAL  WEATHER  STRIPS 

Sales  Office  627-8  Monadnock  Bldg,                  Phone  Harrison  6104 

Telephone 

Phone  Kedzie  2394 

Diversey  8200 

THOS.  J. 

IHax  Lau 

AHERN  & 

Colortypc 

BROS. 

Company 

Funeral 
Directors 

and 

Embalmers 

10301046 

FULLERTON  AVE. 

CHICAGO 

214  S.  Kedzie  Ave.       Chicago 

M.  R.  VANDERKLOOT,  Pres.                  WM.  J.  VANDERKLOOT,  Sec'y  &  Treas. 

South  Halsted  Street  Iron  Works 

ENGINEERS  AND  MANUFACTURERS 

OF  STRUCTURAL  STEEL 

All  sections  of  beams,  channels,  ang-les  and  plates  carried  in  stock. 
Our  stock  is  stored  under  roof  and  in  perfect  condition. 
All  orders  for  plain  material  will  receive  prompt  attention. 

Works—  Halsted,  Emerald  and  i'Gth  Streets                        CHICAGO 

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The  Elevator  Men  and  Janitors,  Restaurant  and  Hotel- 
\Yuiters  and  Cooks,  the  Laundry  Workers,  the  Stationary  En- 
gineers and  the  Franklin  Union  Xo.  4  of  Printing  Press  Feeders 

O 

held  strikes  and  gave  the  department  more  work  to  do. 

1!!04. — This  was  the  year  of  the  great  stockyards  strike  and 
for  three  months  the  police  department  successfully  maintained 
order  throughout  the  city  with  a  large  percentage  of  the  force 
on  duty  in  and  around  Packingtown.  More  than  25.000  em- 
ployes of  the  great  packing  houses  in  the  Union  Stock  Yards 
went  on  an  unsuccessful  strike  July  12th  which  declared  off  on 
September  7th.  At  fi$st  375  men  were  detailed  on  strike  duty 
but  later  this  number  was  increased  to  748  men.  During  the 
strike  Chief  O'Neill  personally  kept  track  of  the  situation  by 
visiting  captains  in  charge  of  precincts  surrounding  and  taking 
in  the  stock  yards.  At  the  last  minute  the  packers  offered  to 
arbitrate,  but  their  offer  came  too  late.  Hundreds  of  strike- 
breakers were  imported  from  other  cities.  The  great  majority 
of  these  were  negroes  and  this  fact  only  incensed  the  strikers 
the  more. 

In  time  the  live  stock  handlers,  the  engineers,  in  fact  all 
union  men  employed  in  the  yards  went  out  on  sympathy 
strikes.  Even  the  special  police  employed  by  the  packers 
refused  to  work.  During  July  a  number  of  riots  occurred  and 
in  the  various  fracases  which  occurred  clubs  were  used  vigor- 
ously by  the  police.  Many  policemen  were  injured  and  while 
many  individual  acts  of  bravery  were  performed  by  the  men 
the  conduct  of  a  few  stood  out  so  prominently  that  their  ac- 
tions are  still  talked  of. 

Capt.  "W.  P.  Clancy,  commanding  the  eighth  district,  in 
which  the  strike  took  place,  reported  that  union  and  non-union 
workers  were  peaceably  employed  together  a  month  after  the 
strike.  A  thorough  investigation  by  this  officer  showed  that 


TEL.   WENTWORTH  1437 


.    C.  E.  SWANSON 

BUILDERS    OF    FINE 

Delivery   and  Truck  Wagons 

AUTO  TRUCK  BODIES 
5711-13-17  Wentworth  Avenue  CHICAGO 


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R.  Q.  GLOOR&  CO. 

COFFEE 

To  the  Restaurant  Trade 

164   WEST   K1NZIE  STREET 

Phone  Franklin  3630  Automatic  30-428 


AUTOMOBILE  AMBULANCE 

CITY  AND  SUBURBS 


Iflnbertafcer 

Moved  to  Chapel  558  East  Forty-Seventh  Street 

CORNER      ST.     LAWRENCE 

Telephone  Oakland  1274  CHICAGO 

PHONE    HARRISON    5133 

Western  Pump  and  Engineering  Company 

302  AND  339  RAILWAY  EXCHANGE 

Pamps  For  Every  Purpose  and  of  Every  Type 

Complete  Pumping  Installations.  Estimates  Furnished 

PHONE     HARRISON    5133 


Police         History        203 

the  sufferings  in  the  vicinity  of  Packingtown  would  not  be 
increased  during  the  winter  by  the  strike.  During  the  stock 
yard  strike  a  number  of  moving  vans  were  used  as  traveling 
lockups.  Hundreds  of  arrests  were  made  and  but  few  of  them 
prosecuted.  Chief  O'Neill  observed  in  his  annual  report  that 
the  character  of  police  work  is  changing  and  that  the  necessity 
of  detailing  large  forces  of  men  to  participate  in  industrial 
troubles  practically  doubled  the  responsibilities  of  the  depart- 
ment. Protection  for  the  city,  he  said,  is  impossible  during 
the  larger  strikes  and  usually  these  were  accompanied  by 
crime  waves  which  pass  unnoticed  in  the  general  excitement. 

One  thousand  more  police  were  requested  this  year.  The 
physical  strength  of  the  department  was  reported  to  be  steadily 
declining.  The  men  were  growing  grizzled  in  the  service  and 
young  blood  was  lacking.  New  stations  were  also  asked  for 
and  great  things  were  expected  to  result  from  the  new  city 
charter. 

A  new  police  star  was  designed  which  is  still  being 
used  by  the  department.  The  old  five  pointed  stars,  duplicated 
by  federal,  county  and  state  officials  were  confusing  and  the 
police  department  was  frequently  and  unjustly  blamed  for 
many  acts  and  occurrences  with  which  it  had  nothing  to  do. 
A  new  set  of  rules  were  drawn  up  which  defined  the  duties  of 
the  First  Deputy  Superintendent  of  Police  and  governing  the 
conduct  of  many  new  members  of  the  department  such  as  the 
vehicle  inspectors,  juvenile  and  probation  officers,  license 
officers,  mechanics,  dog  catchers,  feed  inspectors,  janitors,  etc. 
A  number  of  flying  squads  were  created  this  winter  and  they 
successfully  prevented  the  annual  crime  wave  from  sweeping 
the  city.  Cells  were  remodeled  as  three  prisoners  had  escaped 
and  records  in  efficiency  were  made  by  all  departments. 


Telephone  Kedzie  1145  Dealer  in  Baltimore  Oysters 

Established  1869 

The  Edmanson  Catering  Co. 


INCORPORATED 


E.  F.    HOMBURG,  Successor 

Weddings,  Banquets,  etc. 

3O48  Madison   Street  CHICAGO 


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Thomas  Elevator  Co. 

ELECTRIC  HOISTS 

2O-26  S.  Hoyne  Avenue                                             CHICAGO 

Telephones: 
Harrison  2789 
Harrison  2790 
Automatic  61-583 

Tel.  Monroe  4051 

K,  1,  HERMAN  CO, 

flcmc 

Exclusively 
Manufacturers  of 

Electrotype 
Company 

Three  Ply 
Fibre 
Shipping  Cases 

ELEGTROTYPERS 
NICKELSTEELTYPERS 

FOR   FREIGHT 
AND  EXPRESS 

712  Federal  St.           Chicago 

213-223  N.  Morgan  Street 
CHICAGO 

Launderers                    Dry  Cleaners 

Hats  and  Gloves  Cleaned 

RUG    CLEANING    ESTIMATES    FURNISHED 

HOME  LAUNDRY  CO. 

4611  Ravens  wood  Avenue                  Tel.  Edge  water  167.3 

Police         History        205 

1905. — John  M.  Collins  was  appointed  chief  this  year  by 
Mayor  Dunne  and  following  another  successful  campaign 
against  gambling-  houses  the  department  was  called  upon  to 
quell  disorder  in  the  teamsters  strike  which  lasted  from  Aj-jril 
6th  to  July  20th.  This  strike  was  accompanied  by  much  dis- 
order and  1,250  special  police  were  appointed  to  assist  the  2,000 
members  of  the  department  in  strike  duty.  Two  new  bureaus 
were  instituted  this  year,  a  bureau  of  records  and  a  murder 
bureau  to  keep  track  of  evidence  in  murder  cases. 

1906. — Two  new  stations  were  erected  this  year,  the  West 
Side  levee  district  was  abolished  and  the  war  on  gambling  con- 
tinued. The  "Rules  of  the  Road"  ordinance  was  passed  by  the 
city  council  and  the  three  grades  of  sergeants  were  merged 
into  one  by  the  civil  service  commission.  A  new  patrol  box 
system  was  inaugurated  in  the  downtown  section  by  which 
patrolmen  could  be  reached  at  a  moment's  notice  proved  valu- 
able whenever  a  fire  or  emergency  occurred. 

1907. — In  an  effort  to  divorce  the  department  from  politics 
the  city  council  this  year  passed  the  re-organization  ordinance 
which  placed  back  in  uniform  hundred  of  political  patrolmen 
who  were  allowed  to  wear  citizen's  dress  on  duty  through  the 
influence  of  their  political  friends.  The  ordinance  made  some 
few  changes  in  the  organization  of  the  department  but  by  far 
the  most  important  feature  of  this  measure  was  that  section 
relative  to  the  detective  force.  The  ordinance  succeeded  in  its 
purpose  and  the  new  second  class  detective  sergeants  who  were 
created  have  proven  themselves  an  efficient  and  trustworthy 
group  of  men.  This  year  Major  John  Bander,  drill  master, 
started  to  perfect  the  members  of  the  department  in  revolver 
shooting  and  a  number  of  crack  shots  developed  to  place  the 
department  foremost  in  the  shooting  tournaments  held 
throughout  the  country.  A  number  of  stations  were  renovated 


Telephone  Central  I 

SAMUEL  CABOT,  Inc. 

MANUFACTURING  CHEMISTS 

CREOSOTE  SHINGLE  STAINS, 
SHEATHING  &  DEADENING  QUILT, 
BRICK  AND  CEMENT  W  AT  E  R  P  R  O  O  F  I  N  G  S, 
MORTAR  COLORS,  WOOD  PRESERVATIVES 

24  West  Kinzie  Street  CHICAGO 


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411  S.WABASH  AVE.             4O4  S.  WABASH  AVE. 

AUTOMA1IC  62-911                                                       HARRISON  6119 

KAUFMAN'S 

RESTAURANTS  :::  LUNCH  ROOMS 

OPEN  ALL  NIGHT                                                                 CHICAGO 

William  A.  Spinks 
and  Company 

Manufacturers  of 

SPINKS'  Chalk 

THE 

LAKE  VIEW 
LAUNDRY 

High  Grade  Work  Only 

3018-3020 
NORTH  CLARK  ST. 

CHICAGO 

Cue    Tips    and 

Billiard  Specialties 

Jobbers  of 

Billiard     Merchandise 
362   WEST  ERIE   ST, 

CHICAGO,  ILL.,  U.  S.  A. 

PHONE  LAWNDALE  3741 

Pilsen  Sash  &  Door  Co. 

MILL  WORK 
26th  St.  Near  Sacramento  Ave.           CHICAGO 

Police         History        207 

and  the  attention  of  the  council  was  again  called  to  the  number 
of  citizens  who  went  about  "heeled"  and  passage  of  an  ordin- 
ance against  carrying  concealed  weapons  was  asked. 

1908. — Chief  Shippy  this  year  asked  that  the  special  details 
of  police  to  societies  and  corporations  be  discontinued  this  year 
as  it  seriously  crippled  his  force.  His  request  was  ignored. 
Of  the  3,809  men  in  the  department  only  1,825  traveled  post. 
This,  it  was  pointed  out,  is  the  cause  of  the  boldness  and  activi- 
ties of  criminals.  A  new  system  of  inspection  of  uniforms  was 
adopted  by  First  Deputy  Scheuttler  proved  a  success  and  three 
auto  patrols  increased  the  efficiency  of  the  department.  A 
moving  picture  bureau  was  installed  which  did  creditable  work. 

1909. — Expenses  of  the  department  totaled  $5,810,618.  Ar- 
rests numbered  70,575,  the  fines  amounted  to  $364,509  and 
Chief  Leroy  T.  Stewart  was  appointed  by  Mayor  Harrison. 

1910. — This  year  Chief  Stewart  reported  all  crimes  reduced 
in  number  except  burglary  and  he  blamed  the  prevalence  of 
this  occupation  on  the  small  number  of  patrolmen  in  residence 
districts.  Vice  was  regulated  and  controlled  and  was  con- 
fined to  a  segregated  district  established  in  the  center  of  some 
railroads  down  on  the  South  Side.  Because  he  thought  the 
deoartment  was  ageing  Chief  Stewart  compelled  numbers  of 
the  men  to  take  examinations  and  prescribed  a  standard  of 
efficiency  which  they  were  compelled  to  pass  or  take  a  pension. 
Nearly  10  men  were  weeded  from  the  department  in  this  man- 
ner. This  year  a  motorcycle  squad  of  16  men  was  formed  and 
on  June  1  the  ambulance  service  was  transferred  from  the 
health  to  the  police  department.  A  police  motor  boat  was 
placed  on  the  river  and  the  patrolmen  assigned  to  it  were  all 
expert  swimmers,  who  had  been  in  the  navy.  The  boat  crew 
recovered  an  unusually  large  number  of  dead  bodies.  Of  the 


Vacuum  Cup 

MOTORCYCLE 
TIRES 

5000  Miles  Guaranteed 


Pennsylvania  Rubber  Go. 

2024  S.  W ABASH  AVE. 


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Ikercbcr  Batb  Co. 

HOT  SPRINGS  AT  HOME 

KERCHER  BATHS 
In   business  over  40  years 

Write  for  Circular  Co?igress  and  Wabash 

SAFETY  FIRST 

LAST     AND     ALWAYS 

Masonic  Temple  Safety 
Deposit  Vaults 

State  and  Randolph  Sts.  CHICAGO,  ILL. 


The  Largest  and  Finest  Safety  Deposit 
Vaults  in  the  World. 

Night  Vaults  always  open. 
Boxes  $2  50  per  year  and  upwards. 


TELEPHONE   CALUMET   4234 

Western  Paper  Stock  Co. 

BUYERS    OF 

ALL  KINDS  OF  WASTE  PAPER 


"Guaranteed  Ground  into  Pulp" 
1452  to  146O  Indiana  Avenue  Chicago 


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202  murders  committed  this  year  47  murderers  escaped.  From 
the  81,269  arrests  made  the  municipal  courts  collected  $445,232 
in  fines  and  657  fugitives  from  other  cities  were  arrested  here. 

1911. — John  McWeeny  was  appointed  and  was  instructed  by 
Mayor  Harrison  to  clean  out  the  segregated  district.  The 
mayor's  command  was  obeyed  and  hundreds  of  raids  were 
made  and  thousands  of  cases  were  successfully  prosecuted. 
This  year  is  marked  in  the  annals  of  the  department  by  the 
downfall  of  protected  vice.  During  the  year  Chief  McWeeny 
also  stamped  out  a  war  between  rival  building  trade  organiza- 
tions in  which  a  number  of  men  had  been  killed  and  slugged. 
Some  of  the  sluggers  were  arrested  and  sent  to  jail  and  the 
majority  of  the  murderers  were  captured.  A  bureau  of  vag- 
rancy was  established  and  detectives  detailed  to  this  depart- 
ment kept  vagrants  under  surveillance.  Many  arrests  were 
made  and  thousands  of  itinerant  workers  were  compelled  to 
find  jobs  or  leave  town. 

1912. — This  year  the  city  council  was  asked  to  pass  laws 
against  the  carrying  of  concealed  weapons  and  governing  vag- 
rancy. Better  street  lighting  and  1,500  patrolmen  in  order  to 
control  crime  was  another  request  made  by  .Chief  McWeeny. 
Police  Motor  Boat  No.  2  was  placed  in  service  the  summer  of 
this  year  and  more  than  paid  for  itself  by  saving  the  lives  of  18 
people  and  recovering  $32,000  worth  of  property  from  possible 
loss. 

Details  of  the  newspaper  strike  are  easily  remembered  and 
are  too  recent  to  be  called  history.  It  might  be  mentioned  that 
the  motorcycle  squad  greatly  assisted  the  department  in  the 
prevention  of  trouble.  Another  improvement  which  was  made 
this  year  was  an  automobile  dog  wagon  for  the  pound  which 
performed  the  work  of  three  of  the  old  horse  driven  vehicles. 

During  the  past  two  years  the  population  of  Chicago  has 
increased  till  now  it  is  reported  to  be  past  the  three  million 
mark,  but  while  the  population  has  been  increasing  the 
strength  of  the  police  department  has  diminished  and  at  the 
time  of  this  writing"  Chief  Healey  has  been  refused  an  addi- 
tional 1,000  patrolmen.  Crime  has  not  decreased  in  recent  years 
and  before  Chicago  ceases  to  be  called  "The  CriminaFs  Mecca" 


Telephones 

Herbert  'Boiler  Co. 

Heating  and  Power  Boilers 

GARBAGE  BURNERS  WATER  HEATERS 

ROOT  AND  LA  SALLE  STS.  CHICAGO 


210   Police    History 


Frank  Paschen 


Henry  Paschen 


Paschen  Brothers 

General   Contractors 

CONWAY    BUILDING 

Telephone  Franklin  4770  CHICAGO 


Tel.  Kedzle  1527 


3026-28-30 
W.  MADISON  ST. 


Telephone  Canal  1295 

Jacob  Huether 

Manufacturer  of 

STORE  AND  OFFICE  FIXTURES 

OFFICE  AND  FACTORY 

1315-25  W.  21st  Place 

Near  Throop  Street 


TEL.  AUSTIN  17 

C.  KAMPP  &  SON 

JOSEPH  P.  KAMPP,  Mgr. 


TUnbertafcers 


550  N.  Parkside  Ave. 
AUSTIN  CHICAGO 


THE  CROWD  GOES  TO 

HUNG  PONG   LO  CO. 

Because  it's  the  great 

CHINESE  &  AMERICAN  RESTAURANT 

Enjoy    a    good  time,    good  eating-, 

drinking-  and  music. 
CHOP  SUEY   A  SPECIALTY 

Open  Day  and  Night 
Oriental  service    and    decoration. 
Music  by  the  superb  Bayard  Fallos 
Quartette.  After  Theatre  and  Dinner 
Parties  given  special  attention.  Also 
catering.    TEL.  HARRISON  4698 

N.  W:  Cor.  Van  Buren  and  State  Sts. 


Police          History        211 

the  city  council  will  have  to  heed  the  demands  of  the  Super- 
intendent of  Police  which  are  practically  the  same  as  those 
made  by  the  Chiefs  of  Police  of  the  past  twenty  years. 

Today  Chicago  is  free  from  public  gambling,  protected  vice, 
the  dope  traffic  and  from  practically  every  other  evil  with  the 
exception  of  organized  crime.  Chief  Charles  C.  Healey  is  the 
man  now  attempting  to  cope  with  the  situation  with  a  badly 
crippled  police  force.  Future  historians  will  tell  the  result. 

AFTERWORD. 

During  the  past  five  years  the  annual  reports  of  the  general 
superintendent  have  not  elaborated  on  the  accomplishments 
of  the  department  and  the  work  done  by  the  officers  and  the 
men.  They  have  been  merely  columns  of  figures  which  clever 
writers  can  pick  to  pieces  and  form  into  stones  not  altogether 
laudatory. 

The  police  department  cannot  be  blamed  for  the  prevalence 
of  crime  in  Chicago.  One  must  look  into  the  disposing  of 
criminal  cases  before  that  blame  can  be  placed  and  even  then 
condemnation  can  be  divided.  A  criminal  is  arrested.  He  is 
held  over  to  the  grand  jury  by  the  judge  of  the  municipal 
court.  Following  his  indictment  he  is  placed  in  the  county  jail. 
In  a  month  or  so  he  is  brought  before  a  judge  with  a  batch  of 
others  under  indictment  and  asked  his  plea.  Whether  it  is 
guilty  or  not  guilty  it  makes  no  difference  to  the  court  and 
the  unfortunate  is  placed  back  in  the  cell  till  his  case  comes 
up  for  trial.  Figures  in  the  possession  of  the  jailer  show  that 
the  number  of  men  awaiting  trial  is  constantly  increasing. 

And  what  becomes  of  the  men  who  are  released  on  bonds, 
the  crooks  who  have  been  indicted  and  who  have  found  moJiey 
enough  to  get  bail?  Only  those  whose  cases  are  the  most 
prominent  are  tried  and  these  trials  are  undertaken  for  the 
publicity  entailed  most  of  the  time.  Hundreds  of  men  who 
have  been  indicted  for  different  crimes  are  walking  the  streets 
of  Chicago  today  and  large  numbers  of  them  were  indicted 
years  ago.  These  are  the  criminals  who  inspire  crime  and 
who  preach  crime  to  boys  loafing  in  poolrooms  and  saloons. 


Tel.  Monroe  6109  Established  1859 

Automatic  53-687  Capital  $75,000.00 

BRINK'S 
Chicago  City  Express  Co. 

Address  all  letters  to  the  company 
711-719  W.  Monroe  Street  1O8  S.  Clark  Street 


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N.  C.  Sorensen  Motor   Express 

18OO-181O  N.   Western  Avenue 

CHICAGO 

Telephone  Humboldt  2791 

PARCEL  DELIVERY  AND  EXPRESS 

Deliveries  made  to  all  parts  of  the  city 
and  suburbs 

City  Office,  178  N.  Market  Street                      A.  P.  BRINK 

Telephone  Franklin  2833                           Formerly  Mgr  Brink's  Express  Co. 

DAVID 

Res.  Tel. 
Ravenswood  4613 

jFfreproof 
Storage 

R,  W,  WESTBERG 

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Household  Removals, 
Packing, 
Shipping 

Undertaker 

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Milwaukee  and  Kedzie  Aves. 

5216  N.  CLARK   ST. 

Tel.  Edgewater  3667 

TIRES 

South    Sic 

WITH    SERVICE 

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57-59-61   E.    Garfield  Blvd. 

Phones  Englewood  314,  315,  316                              CHICAGO 

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Telephone    All    Departments 
Canal  135 


JOHN  A.  GAUGER 
AND  GO. 

Manufacturers  of 

EVERYTHING  IN 

MILLWORK 


CHICAGO,  U.  S.  A. 


122  and  124 

SOUTH 

LA  SALLE 

STREET 


CORN 
EXCHANGE 

BANK 
BUILDING 


VON  FRANTZIUS  &  GO. 

STOCKS, 

BONDS, 

GRAIN, 

COTTON 


MEMBERS 

New  York    Stock   Exchange 

New  York  Cotton   Exchange 

Chicago  Stock  Exchange 

Chicago  Board  of  Trade 


These  are  the  men  whom  the  police  department  fear  the  most 
and  who  brag  of  "records." 

It  was  about  five  years  ago  that  the  head  of  the  police  de- 
partment was  told  to  stop  commenting  in  his  annual  report 
of  the  conditions  with  which  the  department  had  to  contend. 
Since  that  time  conditions  have  been  steadily  growing  worse. 
Some  day  the  police  department  will  be  able  to  cope  with 
Chicago's  crime  problem,  but  not  until : 

Detectives  are  allowed  expense  accounts  which  will  enable 
them  to  stop  giving  protection  to  "stool  pigeons"  in  return 
for  information,  and 

Transfers  in  the  department  are  placed  under  the  jurisdic- 
tion of  the  civil  service  board  and  the  reasons  for  them  be 
given  openly  at  its  meetings,  and 

Circuit  court  judges  be  compelled  to  make  a  stronger  effort 
to  clean  out  the  jail  and  start  trying  the  bond  cases  which 
have  been  ignored  for  so  long,  and 
and 

Police  Chiefs  be  elected  by  a  captains'  conference  each  year, 

A  merit  system  be  devised  by  which  detectives  be  promoted 
instead  of  farcical  civil  service  examinations  which  seeks  to 
find  out  how  much  geography  a  detective  knows  rather  tha-n 
to  discover  his  theories  of  deduction  and  investigation.  The 
efficiency  of  the  force  could  be  greatly  increased  by  a  salary 
boost  and  by  a  day  off  every  two  weeks. 

The  causes  of  crime  are  fundamental  and  have  no  place  here, 
but  the  prevention  of  crime  is  up  to  the  police  department  and 


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Mill  Work 

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Also  Operating  the  Popular  Priced  Restaurants 
505  W.  Madison  St.    543  W.  Madison  St.     821  W.  Madison  St. 
10  S.  Clinton  St.          20  W.  Harrison  St.      949  W.  Madison  St. 
W.  E.  ANDERSON,  Proprietor                                   H.  C.  STUART,  Manager 
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Tire  and  Rubber  Co. 


C.  J.  WEBER,  Manager 


CHICAGO    BRANCH 

1328  Michigan  Avenue 

PHONE  CALUMET  4521 


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in  the  face  of  the  drawbacks  and  influences  which  have  re- 
tarded the  Chicago  police  department  from  its  creation  it  had 
made  a  wonderful  record ;  but  that  record  can  be  and  will  be 
improved  in  future  years. 

The  department  has  been  too  long  the  butt  of  the  attacks 
of  opposing  political  factions.  The  city  should  take  more 
pride  and  interest  in  the  men  who  maintain  order  and  clean- 
liness within  its  limits.  The  police  department  should  have  a 
parade  each  year  like  those  of  other  municipalities.  A  more 
active  interest  should  be  taken  by  the  office  of  the  general 
superintendent  to  prevent  the  department  from  being  unjustly 
criticised  in  the  newspapers. 

The  inspections  should  be  made  public  events  and  should  be 
accompanied  by  a  police  department  band  instead  of  being 
silently  reviewed  on  the  lake  front  by  the  First  Deputy  Super- 
intendent of  Police,  Schuettler  under  the  curious  eyes  of  a  few 
people  in  Grant  Park.  The  reader  can  well  imagine  the  crime 
situation  in  Chicago  when  it  is  stated  that  12  policemen  were 
murdered  last  year,  some  under  the  most  brutal  circumstances, 
and  yet  not  one  of  the  murderers  has  been  punished  for  his 
crime  by  hanging.  The  great  majority  have  escaped  punish- 
ment altogether. 

Chief  Charles  C.  Healey  should  be  supported  in  his  request 
for  more  men  and  the  next  commission  which  undertakes  to 
solve  crime  problems  should  devote  a  small  portion  of  its  time 
in  the  investigation  of  the  disposal  of  crooks  and  thieves. 


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Telephones  North  4486-4487 

Columbia  Feather  Co. 

FEATHERS,  PILLOWS, 

DOWN    CUSHIONS 

Manufacturers   of   Upholstered    Box    Springs   and    Hair 
Mattresses.      Patent   Open    Roll    Bolsters 

413-415  West  Huron  Street                                    CHICAGO 

Phone 

Superior  913 

COMPLIMENTS 

FRED  KUNER 

funeral 
Director 

OF 

Cohen  & 
Co. 

108  W.  South  Water 

Street 

1253-1255  N.  Clark  St. 

Near  Goethe  Street 

CHICAGO 

Office  Phone,  Lincoln  5977                             Res.  Phone  Graceland  4133 

ALBERT  G.  CHURAN 

Undertaker  and 

Embatmer 

Carriages  and  Automobiles  Furnished.               Funeral  Chapel. 

2742   LINCOLN  AVENUE,   CHICAGO 

Formerly  with  the  late  Fred  Westfall 

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POLICE  DIRECTORY 


Main  13 — For  police  alarms. 

Main  447 — General  Superintendent  of   Police,  City  Hall. 

Main   447 — Assistant   General   Superintendent  of   Police,  City   Hall. 

Main  447 — Detective  Headquarters,  179  North  LaSalle. 

Garfield   7187— School   of   Instruction,   4001    Fillmore. 

Franklin  3287 — Operators'  room,  184  North  LaSalle. 

Calumet  5243 — Motorcycle  Headquarters,  14th  and  Indiana  avenue. 

Harrison  2841— Matron,  625  S.  Clark. 

Harrison  5882 — Bureau  of  Identification,  625  S.  Clark. 

Main  447 — Bureau  of  Police  Ambulance  Service",  City  Hall. 

Harrison  4781— Telep.  Room,  625  S.  Clark. 

Superior  8812 — Mounted  Police,  W.  Illinois  and  N.  LaSalle. 

Main  447 — Record  Sec.   Police   Dept.,   City  Hall. 

West  19—  Horse  Hospital,  17  N.  Campbell  Av. 

Calumet  5243 — Police  Repair  Shop,  14th  and  Indiana  Av. 

Canal  1666 — Repair  Shop,  2322  S.  Ashland  Av. 

Lawndale  2166 — Dog  Pound,  29th  and  S.  Sacramento  Av. 

Precincts  and  Commanding  Officers. 

First  Precinct — Captain  M.  A.  Collins,  180  N.  LaSalle  St.,  Main  3756. 

Second  Precinct — Captain  John  J.  Ryan,  625  S.  Clark  St.,  Harri- 
son 51. 

Third  Precinct — Captain  Joseph  Smith,  210  W.  22d  St.,  Calumet 
237  and  Calumet  1951. 

Fourth  Precinct — Captain  Wm.  P.  O'Brien,  2523  Cottage  Grove 
Av.,  Calumet  1145. 

Fifth  Precinct— Captain  Stephen  K.  Healy,  454  E.  35th  St.,  Doug- 
las 1117. 

Sixth  Precinct — Captain  Thos.  H.  Costello,  740  W.  35th  St.,  Yards 
1260. 

Seventh  Precinct — Lieutenant  Bertram  Cleghorn,  2913  Loomis  St., 
Yards  938. 

Eighth  Precinct — Captain  Henry  E.  Gorman,  3900  S.  California 
Av.,  Yards  1304. 


Northern  Rubber  Works 

4005-4007  Washington  Boulevard 
34-36  N.  Crawford  Avenue 

PHONE  KEDZIE  9348 

Tires,   Tubes,    Reliners    and    Supplies 

Vulcanizing,  Tire  and  Tube  Repairing 

All  Work  Guaranteed  Prest-o-Lite,  Gasoline,  Oil,  Free  Air 


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ALFRED   FRERK 

HENRY  Fl 

Wisconsin  Lime,  s 
Cement,  etc. 

TEL.   HU1 
31O1-3135  Belmont   Aven 

OTTO   FRERK 

RERK  SONS 

uperlor  Quality  Lath,    iTflflli 

Coal  and  Feed 

WBOLDT  664 
ue                                    CHICAGO 

Telephone 
Superior  56 

BERNARD  E. 
ARNTZEN 

INC. 

Undertaker 

Weekly  and  Monthly  Contracts  Made. 
Cinders  for  Sale  and  Filling  Done. 

Excavating  and 
Teaming 
Contractor 

Ashes,  Rubbish  and 
Manure  Removed  by  the 
Load  or  Contract 

1723    W.    MONROE  STREET 

Near  Paulina  Street 

CHICAGO 

Phone  Seeley  2645 

AMBULANCES 

Auxiliary 
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Police         History        219 

Ninth   Precinct — Lieutenant   Chas.   E.   Burns,   11033  Hale  Av.,  Bev- 
erly 189. 

Tenth    Precinct — Captain    P.    J.    Lavin,    5233    Lake    Pk.    Av.,    Hyde 
Park   47. 

Eleventh   Precinct — Lieutenant  Fred   C.   Gurney,   5001   S.   State   St., 
Oakland    345. 

Twelfth  Precinct — Captain  John  H.  Alcock,  6344  Harper  Av.,  Hyde 
Park  342. 

Thirteenth    Precinct — Lieutenant    B.    M.    Dawney,   834   E.   75th   St., 
Hyde  Park  141. 

Fourteenth    Precinct— Captain   Thos.    F.    Cronin,   200   E.    115th    St., 
West   Pullman  108. 

Fifteenth  Precinct — Captain  Max  Nootbaar,  2938  E.  89th  St.,  South 
Chicago   21. 

Sixteenth    Precinct — Lieutenant  Chas.  K.  Herts,  3525  E.  106th  St., 
South    Chicago   210. 

Seventeenth    Precinct — Captain    James    Madden,    6347    Wentworth 
Av.,  Wentworth  373. 

Eighteenth    Precinct — Captain    Jos.    C.    Mullin,    8501    S.    Green    St., 
Stewart   9863. 

Nineteenth    Precinct — Captain   Thos.   J.   Coughlin,  4736   S.    Halsted 
St.,   Yards   797. 

Twentieth  Precinct— Lieutenant  C.  M.  Atkinson,  1700  W.  47th  St., 
Yards  4. 

Twenty-first   Precinct — Captain   Bernard   P.  Baer,  943  Maxwell  St., 
Canal  83. 

Twenty-second  Precinct — Lieutenant  Ira  J.  McDowell,  2075  Canal- 
port  Av.,  Canal  1829. 

Twenty-third  Precinct — Lieutenant  Chas.  J.  Johnson,  1700  W.  21st 
PL,  Canal  1056. 

Twenty-fourth    Precinct — Lieutenant    John    D.    Hartford,    2250    W. 
13th  St.,  Canal  984. 

Twenty-fifth   Precinct — Captain  John   E.   Ptacek,  2656  S.   Lawndale 
Av.,   Lawndale   1272. 

Twenty-sixth   Precinct — Captain  James  Gleason,  4001   Fillmore  St., 
Kedzie  49. 

Twenty-seventh    Precinct — Captain    M.    J.    Gallery,    120    N.    Des- 
plaines   St.,   Monroe   262. 

Twenty-eighth  Precinct — Lieutenant  Win.  Fitzgerald,  1637  W.  Lake 
St.,  West  2063. 

Twenty-ninth    Precinct — Captain    W.    H.   Westbrook,   2433   Warren 
Av.,  West  935. 

Thirtieth    Precinct — Lieutenant  Maurice   Moore,  4250  W.    Lake  St., 
Kedzie  487. 

Thirty-first  Precinct — Captain  Matthew  Zimmer,  5610  W.  Lake  St., 
Austin  214. 

Thirty-second  Precinct — Captain  W.  W.  Cudmore,  1123  W.  Chicago 
Av.,  Monroe  1063. 

Thirty-third  Precinct — Lieutenant  Thos.  Duffy,  1312  W.  North  Av., 
Monroe  2585. 


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Thirty-fourth  Precinct — Lieutenant  Jos.  Palczynski,  2256  W.  North 
Av.,  Humboldt  774. 

Thirty-fifth  Precinct — Captain  Thos.  F.  Meagher,  2138  N.  Califor- 
nia Av.,  Humboldt  859. 

Thirty-sixth  Precinct — Captain  John  McCarthy,  3973  Milwaukee 
Av.,  Irving  15. 

Thirty-seventh  Precinct — Lieutenant  Maurice  Bowler,  4905  W. 
Grand  Av.,  Belmont  6832. 

Thirty-eighth  Precinct— Captain  Win.  F.  Russell,  113  W.  Chicago 
Av.,  Superior  1037. 

Thirty-ninth  Precinct — Lieutenant  Ernst  Mueller,  1501  Hudson  Av., 
Lincoln  1781. 

Fortieth  Precinct— Lieutenant  Jacob  Reich,  2128  N.  Halsted  St., 
Lincoln  678. 

Forty-first  Precinct — Captain  James  O'Toole,  2742  Sheffield  Av., 
Lincoln  960. 

Forty-second  Precinct — Captain  Stephen  B.  Wood,  3600  N.  Halsted 
St.,  Lakeview  1J. 

Forty-third  Precinct — Lieutenant  John  C.  Dammann,  3801  N.  Robey 
St.,  Lakeview  1415. 

Forty-fourth  Precinct — Captain  M.  L.  Danner,  1940  Foster  Av., 
Edgewater  723. 

Forty-fifth  Precinct — Lieutenant  M.  J.  O'Malley,  7075  N.  Clark 
St.,  Rogers  Park  3.2. 

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First  Division — Union  Park,  Captain   P.   D.  Wall,  Monroe  5840. 

Second  Division — Humboldt  Park,  Sergeant  Walter  J.  Charapotta, 
Monroe  5840. 

Third  Division — Garfield  Park,  Sergeant  John  C.  Hughes,  Mon- 
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Fourth  Division — Dougles  Park,  Sergeant  Chas.  Betcher,  Monroe 
5840. 

North  Park. 
Lincoln    Park — Captain   Chas.  E.  Shaw,   Lincoln  2410. 

South  Parks. 

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MAYOR'S  OFFICE 

Room  507  City  Hall.     Hours  9:30  a.  m.  to  1  p.  m. 
Mayor — William  Hale  Thompson,  R. 
Private  Secretary — Charles  C.  Fitzmorris,  D. 

THE    CITY  COUNCIL-i9i6 

Presiding  Officer — Mayor  William  Hale  Thompson. 
City  Clerk — John  Siman. 
Chief  Clerk — Edward  J.  Padden. 
Sergeant-at-Arms — William  F.  Harrah. 

1st  Ward — John  J.  Coughlin,  D.;  Michael  Kenna,  D. 

2nd  Ward — Hugh  Norris,  R.;  Oscar  De  Priest,  R. 

3rd  Ward — Ulysses  E.  Schwartz,  D.;  Edward  J.  Werner,  R. 

4th  Ward— John  A.  Richert,  D.;  David  R.  Hickey,  D. 

5th  Ward— Thomas  A.  Doyle,  D.;  Charles  Martin,  D. 

6th  Ward— Willis  O.  Nance,  R.;  Alex  A.  McCormick,  R. 

7th  Ward— John  N.  Kimball,  R.;  Charles  E.  Merriam,  R. 

8th  Ward— Ernest  M.  Cross,  R.;  John  E.  Tyden,  R. 

9th  Ward— Eugene  H.  Block,  D.:  Hiram  Vanderbilt,  R. 

10th  Ward— James  M'Nichols,  D.;  Frank  Klaus,  D. 

llth  Ward — Herman  Krumdick,  D.;   Edward  F.   Cullerton,  D. 

12th,Ward — Joseph  I.  Novak,  D.;  Otto  Kerner,  D. 

13th  Ward— John  G.  Home,  D.;  John  R.  Anderson,  R. 

14th  Ward— Joseph  H.  Smith,  D.;  James  H.  Lawley,  R. 

15th  Ward— William  E.  Rodriguez,  S.;  Henry  Utpatel,  R. 

16th  Ward — John  Szymkowski,  D.;  Vincent  S.  Zwiefka,  D. 

17th  Ward— Stanley  S.  Walkowiak,  D.;  Lewis  D.  Sitts,  R. 

18th  Ward— William  J.   Healy,   R.;   Carl  T.  Murray,  R. 

19th  Ward — James  B.  Bowler,  D.;  John  Powers,  D. 

20th  Ward— Matt  Franz,  D.;  Herman  E.  Miller,  R. 

21st  Ward— Earl  J.  Walker,  R.;  Ellis  Geiger,  D. 

22nd  Ward— John  H.  Bauler,  D.;  William  P.  Ellison,  D. 

23rd  Ward— John  Kjellander,  R.;  Thomas  O.  Wallace,  R. 

24th  Ward— John  Haderlein,  D.;  Herman  E.  Gnadt,  R. 

25th  Ward— Frank  J.  Link,  R.;  Henry  D.  Capitain,  R. 

26th  Ward— George  Pretzel,  R.;  William  F.  Lipps,  R. 

27th  Ward— Oliver  L.  Watson,  Rep.;  John  C.  Kennedy,  S. 

28th  Ward— Max  Adamowski,  D.;  Harry  E.  Littler,  R. 

29th  Ward— Thomas  F.  Byrne,  D.;  John  Hrubec,  R. 

30th  Ward— William  R.  O'Toole,  D.;  William  J.  Lynch,  D. 

31st  Ward — Robert  R.  Pegram,  R.;  James  A.  Kearns,  R. 

32nd  Ward — James   Rea,   R.;  Albert  J.  Fisher,  R. 

33rd  Ward— M.  A.  Michaelson,  R.;  Robert  M.  Buck,  R. 

34th  Ward— John  Toman,  D.;  Joseph  C.  Blaha,  R. 

35th  Ward— Thomas  I.  Lynch,  D.;  Conrad  H.  Janke,  R. 


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STANDING    COMMITTEES 


FINANCE — Richert,  Doyle,  Nance,  Merriam,  Block,  Ker- 
ner,  Lawley,  Sitts,  Geiger,  Capitain,  Lipps,  Littler,  Kearns, 
Fisher,  T.  J.  Lynch. 

LOCAL  TRANSPORTATION— Capitain,  Richert,  Nance, 
Vanderhilt,  Smith,  Utpatel,  Walkowiak,  Healey,  Geiger, 
Kjellander,  Lipps,  Watson,  Doyle,  Fisher,  Michaelson,  Toman, 
T.  J.  Lynch. 

GAS  OIL  AND  ELECTRIC  LIGHT— Sitts,  Merriam, 
Cross,  McNichols,  Zwiefka,  Lawley,  Utpatel,  Walkowiak, 
Bowser,  Wallace,  Haderlein,  O'Toole,  Block,  Kearns,  Rea. 
Buck,  Toman. 

HARBORS,  WHARVES  AND  BRIDGES— Littler,  Kenna, 
Doyle,  McCormick,  Vanderbilt,  Krundick,  Zwiefka,  Murray, 
Home,  Walker,  Hauler,  Wallace,  Watson,  W.  J.  Lynch, 
Schwartz. 

LOCAL  INDUSTRIES— Fisher,  Morris,  Hickey,  Cross, 
Klaus,  Cullerton,  Novak,  Lawley,  Sitts,  Bauler,  Link,  Pretzel, 
Blaha,  O'Toole,  Michaelson. 

JUDICIARY— Kerner,  Coughlin,  Norrjs,  Werner,  McCor- 
mick, Kimball,  Rodriguez,  Walkowiak,  Powers,  Miller,  Bauler, 
Kjellander,  Byrne,  Hrubec,  W.  J.  Lynch,  Buck,  Blaha. 

STREETS  AND  ALLEYS— Healy,  Coughlin,  DePriest, 
Hickey,  Martin,  Anderson,  Kennedy,  Szymkowski,  Miller, 
Ellison,  Kjellander,  Haderlein,  Adamowski,  Rea,  Janke. 

LICENSE — Toman,  Norris,  Werner,  McCormick,  Tyden, 
Krumdick,  Novak,  Home,  Smith,  Bowler,  Ellison,  HadeVlein, 
Bryne,  O'Toole,  Janke. 

BUILDINGS  AND  CITY  HALL— Pretzel,  Martin,  Kim- 
ball,  Vanderbilt,  Klaus,  Home,  Szymkowskit  Powers,  Franz, 
Walker,  Link,  Kennedy,  Adamowski,  W.  J.  Lynch,  Pegram. 

SCHOOLS,  FIRE,  POLICE  AND  CIVIL  SERVICE— 
T.  J.  Lynch,  DePriest,  Hickey,  Martin,  Klaus,  Krumdick, 
Powers,  Miller,  Ellison,  Wallace,  Gnadt,  Kennedy,  Pegram, 
Buck,  Blaha. 

HEALTH— Nance,  Kenna,  Schwartz,  Kimball,  Tyden,  Cul- 
lerton, Novak,  Anderson,  Rodriguez,  Szymkowski,  Murrav, 
Franz.  Gnadt,  Pretzel,  Pegram. 

RAILWAY  TERMINALS—Gefcer,  Kenna,  Schwartz, 
Richert,  Merriam,  McNichols,  Utpatel,  Walkowiak,  Healy, 
Bowler,  Capitain,  Lipps,  Littler,  Byrne,  Rea. 

TRACK  ELEVATION— Michadson.  Cross.  McNichols, 
Anderson,  Rodriguez,  Zwiefka,  Franz,  Hrubec,  Tanke. 

COMPENSATION— Kearns,  Werner,  Tyden,  Kerner  Alur^ 
ray,  Watson. 

PARKS,  PLAYGROUNDS  AND  BATHING  BEACHES 
— ( Formerly  special  park  commission)— Block,  Coughlin  De 
Priest,  Cullerton.  Smith,  Gnadt,  Link,  Adamowski  Hrubec 
and  six  citizens  to  be  appointed  by  the  mayor 


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CITY  CLERK'S  OFFICE. 
City  Hall,  First  Floor,  South  End. 

City  Clerk — John  Siman,  R. 

Chief  Clerk  to  City  Clerk— Edward  J.  Padden. 

CITY  TREASURER'S  OFFICE. 
City  Hall,  Second  Floor. 
Hours — 10  a.  m.  to  3  p.  m. 
City  Treasurer — Charles  H.  Sergei,  R. 
Assistant— W.  D.  Pugh. 
Chief  Clerk— Albert  J.  Keefe. 
Chief  Cashier — J.  C.  Smith. 

CITY  COMPTROLLER'S  OFFICE. 

Room  501  City  Hall. 
Comptroller — Eugene  R.  Pike,  R. 
Deputy  Comptroller — Louis  E.  Gosselin,  D. 
Chief  Clerk — Charles  J.  O'Connor. 

PAYMASTER'S  BUREAU. 

Room  503  City  Hall. 
Paymaster — John  L.  Healy. 

CITY  COLLECTOR'S  OFFICE. 

City  Hall,  First  Floor. 
City  Collector — Charles  J.  Forsberg,  R. 
Deputy  City  Collector — Joseph  Siman. 
Chief  Clerk,  Special  Assessments — M.  J.  Derry. 
Chief  Clerk,  Vehicle  Tax — Thomas  McLain. 
Cashier — George  F.  Loman. 

CORPORATION  COUNSEL'S  OFFICE. 
Room  511  City  Hall. 

Corporation  Counsel — Samuel  A.  Ettelson,  R. 

Assistants — George  E.  Chipman,  Leon  Hornstein,  E.  J.  Smejkal,  Ed- 
ward H.  Wright,  John  H.  Passmore,  James  G.  Skinner,  A.  O.  Erickson, 
B.  F.  Kleeman,  Clifford  G.  Roe,  William  E.  Mason,  James  W.  Breen, 
David  C  .Alexander,  George  A.  Curran,  H.  C.  Foster,  John  V.  Clinnin, 
Otto  W.  Ulrich,  L.  B.  Anderson,  W.  P.  Steffen,  Harry  F.  Hamlin,  W. 
H.  Devenish,  Otto  C.  Bruhlman,  J.  A.  Cooke,  Ralph  G.  Crandall,  Kai 
P.  Hammer,  Harry  L.  Brin,  Roy  S.  Gaskill,  Charles  E.  Peace,  J.  L. 
Farnum,  J.  J.  Murray,  Robert  E.  Crowe. 

Assistant  Corporation  Counsel  and  Attorney  Board  Local  Improve- 
ments— Harry  A.  Atwood. 

Assistant  Corporation  Counsels  and  Assistant  Attorneys  Board  Local 
Improvements — Eugene  H.  Dupee,  Anton  T.  Zeman,  A.  E.  Wallace, 
Frank  B.  Teed,  Daniel  A.  Roberts,  H.  O.  Sprogle. 

Assistant  Corporation  Counsel  and  Attorney  Fire  Department — 
Joseph  F.  Murray. 

Secretary  to  the  Corporation  Counsel — Edwin  J.  Zimmer. 

CITY  ENGINEER'S  OFFICE. 

City  Hall,  Fourth  Floor. 
City  Engineer — John   Ericson,  C.  E. 
Assistant  City  Engineer — H.  S.  Baker. 
Chief  Clerk— W.  J.  Roach. 

In  Charge  of  Divisions. 
Construction — Henry  W.  Clausen. 
Operation — Frank  McDonough. 
Water  Pipe  Extension — H.  L.  Lucas. 
Repairs   and   Shop — F.   Miller. 
Designing — Myron  B.  Reynolds. 
Inspection  and  Testing — L.  S.  Marsh. 
Bridges  and  Viaducts — Thomas  G.  Pihlfeldt. 
Harbor  Master — Adam  F.  Weckler. 


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DEPARTMENT  OF  PUBLIC  SERVICE. 

Room  613  City  Hall. 
Commissioner — John  P.  Garner,  R. 
Secretary — G.  W.  Bassett. 

Bureau   Supervisors. 
Transportation — R.  F.  Kelker. 
Gas— W.   D.  Wilcox. 
Telephone — G.  W.  Cummings. 
Electric — Fred  Abele. 
Valuation — O.  F.  Gayton. 

BOARD  OF  SUPERVISING   ENGINEERS— CHICAGO 

TRACTION. 
105  South  LaSalle  Street. 
Secretary — Lucius  H.  Davidson. 

Board"  No.  1. 

Chairman — Bion  J.  Arnold. 
Representing  City  of  Chicago — E.  W.  Bemis. 
Representing  the  Board — George  Weston. 

Representing  Chicago  City  Railway  Company  and  Southern  Street 
Railway  Company — Harvey  B.  Fleming. 
Representing   Chicago   Railways   Company — John   Z.    Murphy. 

Board  No.  2. 

Chairman — Bion  J.  Arnold. 
Representing  City  of  Chicago — E.  W.  Bemis. 
Engineer  for  Board — George  Weston. 

Representing  Calumet  &  South  Chicago  Railway  Company — Harvey 
B.  Fleming. 

BUREAU  OF  WATER. 

City  Hall,  First  Floor. 
Superintendent — William  J.  McCourt. 
Accountant — James  J.  Dunn. 
Chief  Clerk — George  J.  Feser. 
Cashier — Otto  A.  Dreier. 
Chief  Water  Assessor — Thomas  H.  Byrne. 
Field  Assessor  in  Charge — J.  J.  Ward. 

BUREAU  OF  STREETS.  ?.".  '.- 

Room  408  City  Hall. 
Superintendent — August  W.  Miller,  R. 
First  Assistant  Superintendent — Felix  Mitchell. 
Second  Assistant  Superintendent — W.  J.  Galligan. 
Third  Assistant  Superintendent — William  G.  Geiger. 

BUREAU  OF  SEWERS. 

Room  409  City  Hall. 
Superintendent — George  E.   McGrath. 

Engineer  in  Charge  of  Benches  and  Grades — William  R.  Mathews. 
Inspector  in  Charge— Edward  J.  Hayes. 
Principal  Clerk — Ed  Cullerton,  Jr. 

BUREAU  OF  MAPS 
Room  410  City   Hall. 
Superintendent — John  D.  Riley,  D. 

BUREAU  OF  COMPENSATION. 

Room  V-15  City  Hall. 
Superintendent — Henry  V.  McGurren. 

BOARD  OF  LOCAL  IMPROVEMENTS. 

City   Hall,   Second   Floor,   South    End. 

Members — Michael  J.  Faherty,  president;  Davis  W.  Clark,  assistant 
secretary;  William  H.  Blencoe,  Oscar  Wolff. 

Superintendent   of   Special   Assessments   and   Secretary — Edward   J. 
Glackin. 


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Cleaners  of  Oriental 
and  Domestic  Rug s 


Phone 
Normal  5692 


POLLARD 
DOMESTIC  SERVICE 

General 
House  Cleaners 

Windows,   Floors,  Woodwork,    etc. 

Flats,  Apartments,  Residences 

and  Offices. 

We  serre  anywhere  in  the  city. 

Proficient,  Reliable. 

Always  Available. 


706    E.  63rd  Street 


Chicago 


EDWARD    H.    BURGE,    President 

Sole  Central  Agents 
Baker  Ice  Machine  Co. 

Burge  Machine  Ulorks 


MANUFACTURING   AND 
CONTRACTING   ENGINEERS 

Complete  Refrigerating',  Ice  Making 
and  Ice  Cream  Plants 

•  1  8-230  N.  Jefferson  St.,  Chicago 

Telephone  Monroe  819 


Long  Distance   Phone   Lincoln  879 
Residence  Phone  Lincoln  5838 


FRED.  BUSCHER 

Funeral 
Director 


Large  Chapel  in 
Connection 

1554-1556    WH3L.LS    ST. 
OHIOAGO 


(  Superior  4936 

Telephones  •<  Superior  4937 

(.  Superior  2783 

PLAZA 
Auto  Livery  &  Garage 

The  Most  Spacious  and  Up-to-Date 

Garage  in  the  City. 

High-Class  Service. 

FRED.  C.  I'RACH  I  MAUSER,  Prop. 

AUTO  LIVERY 

Luxurious  Six  Cylinder  Pierce  Arrow. 
Limousine  Cars  and  Taxicabs 

for  Hire. 
1  46O  N.  Clark  Street  Chicago 

One  block  south  of  Lincoln  Park  and 
Plaza  Hotel,  N.  Clark  Street  and  Burton  Place 


Telephones 
Edgewater  1864  Sunnyside  6451 

Sheridan  Garage 

M.  S.  PROSr,  Prop. 

Auto  L.ivery  Supplies 

Overhauling,  Repairing 
and  Vulcanizing 

Magneto  and  Carburetor  Exchange 

Second-Hand  Automobiles 
Bought  and  Sold 

4427-4433  N.  Clark  St.,  Chicago 


Established 
1892 


Incorporated 
1902 


WERNER  BROS. 
Fire  Proof  Storage  Co. 

PACKING 

SHIPPING 

REMOVALS 

We  Know  How 

2815    Broadway 

Phone  Lake  View  33 


ESTABLISHED  1879 


DUNSTAN 

UNDERTAKER 

2015  W.MADISON    ST. 

TELEPHONE  WEST  682 


OPEN  ALL  NIGHT 


AMBULANCE 


History        231 


Engineer  Board  of  Local  Improvements — Cicero  D.  Hill. 
Chief  Engineer  of  Streets — John  B.  Hittell. 
Superintendent  of  Sidewalks — N.  E.  Murray. 
Chief  Clerk— T.  Sullivan. 

CITY   ATTORNEY'S   OFFICE. 
Room  602   City   Hall. 

City  Attorney — Charles  R.  Francis. 

Chief  Assistant  City  Attorney — Joseph  J.   Sullivan. 

Trial  Attorneys — Myer  S.  Emrich,  Victor  Sarner,  Charles  W.  Kopf, 
James  R.  Considine. 

Assistant  Trial  Attorneys — Henry  T.  Gibbs,  A.  L.  Gettys,  Albert  L. 
Green,  Jr.,  Marshall  Amberg,  Ladislaus  Herman,  J.  M.  Brumfield, 
Reginald  C.  Darley. 

Appellate  Court  Attorney — Henry  T.  Chace,  Jr. 

Chief  Investigator — Frank  B.  Buszin. 

Supervisor  of  Investigators — A.  B.  Hulit. 

Chief  Clerk— Charles  J.  Peters. 

Docket  Clerk — Joseph  M.  Coffey. 

Judgment  and  Waiver  Clerk — Bessie  H.  Morey. 

PROSECUTING  ATTORNEY'S  OFFICE. 

Room  604  City  Hall. 

Prosecuting  Attorney — Harry  B.  Miller,  R. 
Chief  Assistant — Daniel  Webster. 

Assistants — Roger  Faherty,  Edw.  J.  Lyons,  Lawrence  Jacobs,  John 
B.  Calo,  R.  B.  Bippus,  Stanley  Klarkowski,  George  R.  Neff,  John  Rich- 
ardson, Charles  Roloff,  Francis  Day,  Ben  Brown,  Adolph  Borgemeier, 
Gerald  Barry,  Harry  Meneley,  Edward  W.  Luebeck.  Alexander  Freund- 
lich,  Henry  D.  Nicholson,  William  Schulz,  Harry  Tiffany. 

DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH. 

City  Hall,  Seventh  Floor. 

Commissioner  of  Health — John  Dill  Robertson,  M.  D. 
Assistant  Commissioner — Gottfried  Koehler,  M.  D. 
Secretary — E.  R.  Pritchard. 
Office  Secretary — S.  F.  Manning. 

Chief  Bureau  of  Vital  Statistics— M.  O.  Heckard,  M.  D. 
Assistant  Chief  Bureau  of  Vital  Statistics — (Vacancy). 
Chief  Bureau  of  Medical  Inspection — Heman  Spalding,  M.  D. 
Assistant  Chief  Bureau  of  Medical  Inspection — I.  D.  Rawlings,  M.  D. 
Assistant  Chief  Bureau  of  Medical  Inspection — H.  O.  Jones,  M.  D. 
Chief  Bureau  of  Sanitation — Charles  B.  Ball. 
Assistant  Chief  Bureau  of  Sanitation — Thomas  J.  Claffy. 
Chief  Bureau  of  Food  Inspection — W.  W.  Armstrong.  M.  D  . 
Assistant  Chief  Bureau  of  Food  Inspection — Henry  Weisberg. 
Chief  Bureau  of  Hospitals,  Public  Baths  and  Lodging  House — W.  K. 
Murray,  M.  D. 

Director  of  Laboratory — F.  O.  Tonney,  M.  D. 
City  Physician — Michael  J.  Purcell,  M.  D. 

DEPARTMENT  OF  PUBLIC  WORKS. 

Room  406  City  Hall. 

Commissioner — William  R.  Moorhouse,  R. 
Deputy  Commissioner — William  Burkhardt,  R. 

BOARD   OF  EXAMINERS. 

Suite  1008  City  Hall. 

Board  of  Examiners  of  Stationary  Engineers. 
President — (Vacancy). 
First  Vice-President — P.   M.  Holmes. 
Second  Vice-President — James  Garvey. 
Chief  License  Inspector — Henry  G.  McMahon. 
Secretary — Vernon  L.  Bean. 

Board  of  Examiners  of  Plumbers. 

Chairman  (ex  officio) — Dr.  John  Dill  Robertson,  commissioner  of 
health. 


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Phone  Lincoln  1325 

IRortbwestern 
1Launbr\>  Co, 

2749  Lincoln  Ave. 


BOHNER'S  SELF  CLEANSING  FILTER 

Agents  Make  J5?5 
to  $40  Per  Week. 
Easy  money  Takes 
less  than  5  minutes 
to  attach,  demon- 
strate and  sell.  Pro- 
tects health  against 
danger  of  disease 
germs  in  unfiltered  and  impure  water.  EVERY 
HOME  NEEDS  ONE. 

BOHNER  MANUFACTURING  CO. 

1009  S.  Wabash  Ave.  Chic^o,  111. 


(ompliments 
of  a  Friend 


Johnson  Coin  Counting 
Machine  Co. 


TELEPHONE  MONROE  5941 

Economy  Pumping 

Machinery  Co. 

Manufacturers  of 

Sewage  Ejectors  Bilge  Pumps 

House  Pumps 

Condensation  Pumps 

Vacuum  Pumps    Centrifugal  Pumps 

A  Pump  Por  Every  Purpose 

116-118  N.   Carpenter  Street 
CHICAGO 


Alexander  G.  Warren 

General  Contractor 

Concrete  and  Masonry 
Railroad  Masonry 
Foundations 

TELEPHONE  nAIN  4790 


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Master  Plumber — Charles  J.  Herbert. 
Journeyman  Plumber — William  W.  Petrie. 
Secretary — Vernon  L.  Bean. 

Board  of  Examiners  of  Mason  Contractors. 

Chairman  (ex  officio) — Charles  Bostrom,  commissioner  of  buildings. 
City  Architect  Mason — John  Campbell. 
Secretary — Vernon  L.  Bean. 

DEPARTMENT   OF   BUILDINGS. 

Room  702  City  Hall. 
Commissioner — Charles  Bostrom,  R. 
Deputy  Commissioner — Robert  Knight. 
Secretary — Peter  C.  Hoey. 

DEPARTMENT  OF  GAS  AND  ELECTRICITY. 

Room  614  City  Hall. 

Commissioner  of  Gas  and  Electricity — William  G.  Keith,  R. 
Chief  Operating — Frank  W.  Swenie. 
Superintendent  of  Construction— Harry  Leser. 
Chief  Clerk — John  E.  Bradley. 
Chief  Electrical  Inspector — Victor  H.  Tousley. 

DEPARTMENT  Of  SUPPLIES. 

City  Hall,  Floor  3J4. 
Business  Agent — Virtus  C.  Rohm,  R. 

BUREAU  OF  STATISTICS. 

Room  1004  City  Hall. 
City  Statistician — Francis  A.  Eastman. 
Stenographer — Kathryn  Scully. 

HOUSE  OF  CORRECTION.    , 
California   Avenue,   near  26th    Street. 
Superintendent — John  L.  Whitman,  R. 
Deputy  Superintendent — P.  J.  O'Connell. 

House  of  Correction  Inspectors- — Mathias  Alter,  chairman;  Joseph 
J.  Janda,  secretary;  Dr.  M.  A.  Weiskopf. 

MUNICIPAL  REFERENCE  LIBRARY. 

Room  1005  City  Hall. 

Municipal  Reference  Librarian — Frederick  Rex. 
Stenographer — Kathryn  Scully. 
Library  Assistant — Helen  I.  Fix. 

DEPARTMENT  OF  PUBLIC  WELFARE. 

Room  811  City  Hall  Square  Building. 
Commissioner — Mrs.  Louise  O.  kowe. 
Secretary — Sara  E.  Riky. 

Superintendent   Social  Survey — Mrs.   Page  Waller   Eaton. 
Superintendent  of  Employment — J.  W.  Galley,  509  State  building. 

FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 
Headquarters — Room  105  City  Hall. 
Fire  Marshal — Thomas  O'Connor. 
First  Assistant  Fire  Marshal — P.  J.  Donohue. 

Second  Assistant  Fire  Marshal  and  Department  Inspector — E.  J. 
Buckley. 

Fourth  Assistant  Fire  Marshal — A.  R.  Seyferlich. 
Fifth  Assistant — J.  McAuliffe. 
Sixth  Assistant — Martin  Lacey  (acting). 
Department  Attorney — Joseph   Murray. 
Secretary — William  C.   Gamble. 

Battalion  Chiefs — 1st,  P.  J.  Egan;  2nd,  Benjamin  O'Connor;  3rd, 
Jacob  Grauer;  4th,  Charles  N.  Heaney;  5th,  Henry  Wendt;  6th, 
Thomas  J.  Reynolds;  7th,  Michael  Kerwin;  8th  (vacancy);  9th,  James 
Crapo;  10th,  David  J.  Mahoney;  llth,  William  H.  Miller;  12th,  Joseph 
L.  Kenyon;  13th,  Frank  Conway;  14th,  Michael  R.  Driscoll;  15th, 


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HumboldtSSO 
Superior  559 

Established  1875 


M.  BRUCKER 

Manufacturer  of 

Stove,  Furnace  and  Boiler 
Repairs 

814-826  N.  LINCOLN  ST.        CHICAGO 
Near  Chicago  Ave. 

Branch  806  Wells  St.,  near  Chicago  Ave. 


Tel.  Kedzie 

593 


Estimates  furnished 
on  request 


Ulestfall  Storage,  Van 
Si  Express  Co* 


FIREPROOF 


STORAGE 


ORDINARY 


MOVING 

PACKING  SHIPPING 


3662-4 
3702-4 


tV.  Twelfth  Street 

CHICAGO 


Phone  Monroe  1736 


Gardiner  Metal  Co. 


Manufacturers  of 


Office  and  Factory 

1356-1364  West  Lake  Street 

CHICAGO 


Residence  5128  N.  Lincoln  Street 
Phone  Rayenswood  2042 


JOHN  A.  SANDGREN.  Prop. 

5247  N.CLARK  STREET 

Phone  Edgewater  744 

CHICAGO 


^Safety  and  ^Service 

This  bank  is  under  the 

supervision  of  the 
United  States  Government 

3%  Paid  on  Savings 

THE  IRVING  PARK 
NATIONAL  BANK 

4201  Irving   Park  Blvd. 

Near  C.  &  N.W.  Depot 


Tel.  Calumet  5027 


Established  1895 


Royal  Tea  Company 

INCORPORATED 

MANUFACTURERS 

RETAILERS 

IMPORTERS 

Baking  Powder  Tea  Peanut  Batter 

Soap  Powder  Coffee  Toilet  Articles 

Toilet  Soaps  Spices  Dried  Fruits 

Laundry  Soaps  Extracts  Laundry  Supplies 


Our  Wagons  Deliver  Everywhere 


2418-20  South  Park  Ave. 


Chicago 


Tel.  Monroe  1623 

F.  C.  JORGESON 
&  CO. 

Designers  and  Manufacturers 

JEWELRY 

and  Bank  Fixtures 

Show  Cases 

J59  to  167  Ann  Street  Chicago 


FOSTER 

SUPERHEATERS 

111  West  Monroe  Street 
CHICAGO 


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James  Ward:  16th,  John  E.  Smith;  17th,  George  H.  McAllister;  18th, 
Edward  F.  AIcGurn;  19th,  James  Costin;  20th,  Thomas  P.  Kenney; 
21st,  Frank  Grady;  22d,  Walter  Powers:  23d,  Eugene  Sweeney;  24th, 
John  Evans;  25th,  Michael  Corrigan;  26th,  Frank  Oswald. 

Superintendent  Insurance  Patrol — E.  T.  Shepherd,  163  West  Mon- 
roe street. 

BUREAU  OF  FIRE  PREVENTION  AND  PUBLIC  SAFETY. 

Headquarters — Room  604  City  Hall. 

Chief  of  Bureau  and  Third  Assistant  Fire   Marshal— John  C.  Mc- 
Donnell. 
Fire  Prevention  Engineer  in   Charge — Elisha  A.   Case. 

Deputy  Fire  Prevention  Engineer  in  Charge — Charles  W.  Hejda. 
Chief  Clerk— T.  J.  Sullivan. 

CIVIL  SERVICE  COMMISSIONERS. 

Room  610  City  Hall. 

Commissioners — Percy   B.    Coffin,   R.,  president;   Joseph    P.   Geary, 
D.;  Charles  E.  Frazier,  R. 

Secretary  and  Chief  Examiner — A.  M.  Swanson. 

ELECTION  COMMISSIONERS. 
City  Hall,  Third  Floor,  South  End. 

Commissioners — August  Lueders,  D.,  chairman;  Bernard  Horwick, 
R.,  secretary;  Frank  X.  Rydzewski,  D. 
Chief  Clerk — Dennis  J.    Egan. 
Attorney— Colin  C.  H.  Fyffe. 

DEPARTMENT  OF  SMOKE  INSPECTION. 

Room  608  City  Hall. 

Chief  Smoke  Inspector — William  H.  Reid. 
Supervising  Mechanical  Engineer — F.  A.  Chambers. 
Chief  Clerk — Edward  R.  Laub. 

DEPARTMENT  FOR  THE  INSPECTION  OF  STEAM  BOILERS. 
STEAM  AND  COOLING  PLANTS. 

Room  111  City  Hall. 
Chief  Inspector — George  E.  Nye. 

CITY  ARCHITECT. 
Room  1012  City  Hall. 
City  Architect— Charles  W.  Kallal. 

DEPARTMENT   OF   WEIGHTS   AND   MEASURES. 

Vault  Floor,  City  Hall. 

Inspector  Weights  and  Measures — Morris  Eller,  R. 
Chief  Deputy — William  F.  Cluett. 

OIL  INSPECTOR'S  OFFICE. 

Room  1013  City  Hall. 
Oil  Inspector — Paul  Henderson,  R. 

MUNICIPAL  LODGING  HOUSE. 

162  North  Union  Avenue. 
Superintendent — Harry  Neal. 

COOK  COUNTY  OFFICIALS. 

Hours  9  a.  m.  to  5  p.  m. 

BOARD  OF  COMMISSIONERS. 

Room  537 — Courthouse. 

President — Peter  Reinberg,  D.,  523  Couthhouse. 
Clerk  of  County  Board — Robert  M.  Sweitzer,  D.,  600  Courthouse. 
Commissioners,   City  Districts — Peter  Reinberg,  D.;   Frank   Ragen. 
D.;  Joseph  M.  Fitzgerald,  D.:  Bartley  Burg,  D.;  Daniel  Moriarty,  D.: 
Albert  Nowak,   D.;   Daniel   Ryan,  D.;   Thomas   Kasperski,   D.;   Owen 
O'Malley,  D,;  William  D.  Scott,  D,    Country  districts— William  Basse, 


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T.»I^V,,I    >* 
Telephones 


G.  M.  HOOF  CO. 

Carriage   and  Automobile 

Upholsteries 

Carriage  and  Auto  Leather 
Auto  Top  Fabrics 

317  W.  Randolph  St. 
CHICAGO 


Benedetto  Allegretti  Co. 
CANDY 

At  Factory  Prices 

4  POUNDS  $I,OO 

Full  Net  Weight  in  all  boxes. 

14—  oz.—  25c 

Assorted  Flavors 

Fresh  Prime  Seconds. 

USE  "LIQUO-CHOCLAT" 

.,   Ready-to-Serve   30c 


For   Beverages,    Cake   Frost- 
ing's,  Dessert,  Sauce,  Etc. 

FACTORY  SALBSROOri 

224  Randolph  Street 

Just  West  of  Fifth  Ave.  "L" 

Close  Daily  at  5:30  P.  M. 


C  P.  SAMMS,  Pres.  aad  Gen.  Mgr. 
J.  B,  WANTZ.  Secy,  and  Gen.  Supt, 


Victor  Electric  Co. 

JElectrtcal 
/iDanufacturers 

Main  Office  and  Factory 

Jackson  Blvd.  and  Robey  St. 


Established  1882  Best  of  References 

RICE  &  SON 

Contractors  for 

Tuck    Pointing 
Building  Repairs 

Fire  Walls  and  Chimneys  Re- 

*  built  and  Pointed 
Office  32  North  Clark  St. 

ROOM  401 
TELEPHONE  MAIN  3766 

Kesi deuce  6738  Rhodes  Avenue 
Phone  Wentworth  3533 


P.  A.  BIRREN  &  SON 


Smtteral   Btmtnra 


2927  Lincoln  Ave. 

Phone  Lake   View  63 
CHICAGO 


M.  A.  McCORTNEY.Pres. 
T.  A.  FITZSIMMONS,  Vice-Pres. 
W.  H.  MELLIN,  Sec'y  and  Treas. 


INVESTMENTS 

72/0   Chamber  of  Commerce 

S.  E.  Cor. Washington  and  La  Selle 

Streets 

TEL.  MAIN  1010 
CHICAGO 


INSTALLATION    REMODELING 

Telephone  Moiiroe  4000 

William  A.  Pope 

Steam  Heating  Plants 

26  N.  Jefferson  Street 
CHICAGO 


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R.:  Joseph  Carolan,  R.;  Dudley  D.  Pierson,  R.;  George  A.  Miller, 
R. ;  William  H.  McLean,  R.  Room  537  Courthouse. 

Committee  Clerk — Peter  Ellert,  527  Courthouse. 

Meetings — The  regular  meetings  of  the  board  of  commissioners 
are  held  on  the  first  Monday  of  December,  January,  February,  March, 
June  and  September  of  each  year. 

COUNTY  CLERK'S  OFFICE. 

Courthouse — 2d  floor,  south  end. 
County  Clerk — Robert  M.  Sweitzer,  D. 
Chief  Deputy — John   H.   Mack. 
Chief  Clerk — Al   F.   Gorman. 
Chief  Tax  Extensions — Martin  J.  O'Brien. 
Chief  Election  Department — Daniel  Herlihy. 

COMPTROLLER'S  OFFICE. 

Room    511 — Courthouse. 
Comptroller — Robert  M.  Sweitzer,  D. 
Deputy  Comptroller— William  J.   Graham. 
Chief  Clerk — Michael  J.  O'Connor. 

CLERK  OF  COUNTY  COURT. 

Room    600 — Courthouse. 
Clerk — Robert  M.  Sweitzer. 
Chief  Clerk — George  L.  McConnell. 

COUNTY  TREASURER'S  OFFICE. 
Courthouse — 1st  and  2d  floors,  north  end. 
County  Treasurer — Henry  Stuckart,  D. 
Assistant  Treasurer — Jacob  Lindheimer. 

SUPERINTENT  OF  PUBLIC  SERVICE. 

Room    726 — Courthouse. 
Superintendent — Henry  A.  Zender. 

STATE'S   ATTORNEY'S   OFFICE. 
Criminal  Court  Building — 2d  floor. 

State's  Attorney — Maclay  Hoyne,  D. 

Chief  Assistant — Frank  Johnston,  Jr. 

Secretary — Edward  J.  Fleming. 

Assistants — Marvin  E.  Barnhart,  Harry  E.  Berger,  Hayden  N. 
Bell,  George  C.  Bliss,  Charles  C.  Case,  Jr.,  James  C.  Dooley,  William 
H.  Duval,  Eliot  H.  Evans,  Richard  J.  Finn,  John  T.  Fleming,  John 
F.  Higgins,  Francis  E.  Hinckley,  Ernest  Langtry,  Bernard  J.  Mahony, 
Dwight  McKay,  John  P.  Moran,  John  K.  Murphy,  Patrick  J.  Murphy, 
James  C.  O'Brien,  James  R.  Quinn,  Eugene  C.  O'Reilly,  John 
Prystalski,  Edwin  J.  Raber,  Morris  Schaeffer,  Charles  P.  Schwartz, 
Joseph  A.  Smejkal,  Malcolm  B.  Sterrett,  Michael  F.  Sullivan,  Irwin 
N.  Walker,  William  W.  Witty,  Joseph  R.  Fahy,  Robert  E.  Hogan, 
Edward  E.  Wilson,  William  H.  Holly,  Daniel  G.  Ramsay,  Augustus 
Kelly,  Ernest  H.  Buehler,  Henry  Eckhardt,  John  R,  Henen,  J.  V. 
Hickey,  Hart  E.  Baker,  Joseph  A.  Coverty,  Julian  Kwasigroch,  W.  W. 
De  Armond,  Eugene  P.  Quirk. 

RECORDER'S  OFFICE. 
Courthouse — 1st  floor,  south  end. 
Recorder   of  Deeds — Joseph  F.   Connery,  D. 
Chief  Deputy — John   P.    Dougherty. 
Chief  Clerk — James  C.  Russell. 

REGISTRAR  OF  TITLES. 
Courthouse — 1st  floor,  south   end. 
Registrar — Joseph    F.    Connery,    D. 
Chief   Clerk — Terence    F.    Moran. 

Examiners — James  F.  Fardy,  Henry  D.  Bottum,  Tulius  Stern,  Edgar 
H.  Parnell. 

Advisory  Examiners — Nathaniel  C-  Sears,  John  S.  Hummer,'  A.  F. 
Reichmann.  Charles  T.  Farson, 


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CIVIL   SERVICE   COMMISSION. 

Room  547 — Courthouse. 

Commissioners — Melville  G.  Holding,  president;  Hugo  L.  Pitte, 
secretary;  Ralph  L.  Peck. 

JURY  COMMISSION. 
Room    824 — Courthouse. 

Commissioners — Joseph   H.    Barnett,   president;    Otto   Pampel,   sec- 
retary; Joseph  I.  Novak. 
Clerk — Charles  L.  Caswell. 

BOARD  OF  ASSESSORS. 
Courthouse,  3d  floor,  north  end. 

Members  of  the  Board — Frank  W.  Koraleski,  D.,  chairman;  Michael 
K.   Sheridan,  D.,   secretary;  William  H.  Weber,  R.,  Adam  Wolf,   R., 
Patrick  A.  Nash. 
Chief  Clerk — James  A.  Long. 

BOARD  OF  REVIEW. 
Courthouse,  3d  floor,  south  end. 

Members  of  Board— Frank  S.  Ryan,  D.;  T.  J.  Webb,  D.;  Fred  W. 
Blocki,  D. 

Chief  Clerk — Stephen  D.  Griffin. 

COUNTY  INSTITUTIONS. 

In  Oak  Forest. 
Superintendent — Henry   L.   Bailey,   D. 

COUNTY   ARCHITECT. 
Room  911—139  North  Clark  street. 
County   Architect — Eric  E.   Hall. 

SUPERINTENDENT    OF   SCHOOLS. 

Room  506 — Courthouse. 
Superintendent — Edward  J.  Tobin,   D. 

COUNTY  HOSPITAL. 
Harrison  and  Honore  streets. 
Warden — Clayton  F.  Smith,  D. 

COUNTY  AGENT'S  OFFICE. 

Main  office,  213-215  S.  Peoria  street;  branch  offices,  1054  N.  Ashland 
avenue,  837  W.  47th  street,  8800  Houston  avenue,  229  W.  North 
avenue,  3466  Archer  avenue,  1655  Blue  Island  avenue,  2609  S.  Kedzie 
avenue,  221  E.  115th  street. 

County  Agent — William  H.  Ehemann,  D. 

COUNTY  SURVEYOR. 
Room    726— ^Courthouse. 
County  Suveyor — George  C.  Waterman,  D. 

COUNTY   PHYSICIAN. 
Office  in  detention  hospital. 
County  Physician — Dr.  Adam  Szwajkart. 

CORONER'S    OFFICE. 
Room  500 — Courthouse. 

Coroner — Peter  M.  Hoffman,  R. 

Chief  Clerk — J.  J.  Gillespie. 

Chief  Deputy — David  R.  Jones. 

Deputies — John  A.  Pelka,  Michael  P.  Hartney.  Ado'ph  Herrmann, 
John  J.  Thumm,  George  A.  Webster,  Charles  F.  Kennedy,  William 
Ostrom,  Michael  G.  Walsh,  Henry  Spears,  Samuel  L.  Davis,  George 
Lindeman. 

Physicians — E,  R,  LeCount,  William  H.  Burmeister,  Joseph 
Springer. 


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SHERIFF'S  OFFICE. 
Courthouse,  4th  floor,  center. 
Sheriff — John   E.  Traeger,  D. 
Assistant   Sheriff — Otto  Spankuch. 
Chief  Deputy — Charles  W.  Peters. 
Jailer — Wiliam  T.  Davies,  R. 

PUBLIC  ADMINISTRATOR. 

Appointed  by  governor. 
Room  1016 — City  Hall  Square  building. 
Administrator — James  F.  Bishop,  D. 
Attorney — Francis   H.   McKeever. 

CUSTODIAN  COUNTY  BUILDING. 

Room    1026 — Courthouse. 
John   Czekala,  D. 

LOCATION  OF  COUNTY  DEPARTMENTS  AND  COURTS. 
LOCATION  OF  COUNTY  BUILDINGS. 

Courthouse — Clark    street,    between    Washington    and    Randolph; 
south  side. 

County  Jail — North  Dearborn  and  Illinois  streets,  north  side. 

Criminal  Court  building — West  Austin  avenue  and  North  Dearborn 
street,  north  side. 

Children's  hospital — Wood  street,  near  Polk;  west  side. 

County  Hospital — Harrison  and  Honore  streets;  west  side. 

County   Infirmary — Oak   Forest;   reached  by  the  Rock  Island  rail- 
road. 

County  Morgue — Wood  and  Polk  streets;  west  side. 

Detention  Hospital — Wood  and  Polk  streets;  west  side. 

County  Agent — Main  office,  213  South  Peoria  street;  west  side. 

Juvenile  Court — Room  1007 — Courthouse. 

Home  for  Delinquent  and  Dependent  Children — 771   Ewing  street. 

IN  COURT  HOUSE. 

Board  of  Assessors — Third  floor,  north  end. 
Board  of  Review — Third  floor,  south  end. 
County  Commissioners — Room  531. 
Committee   Clerk — Room  527. 

County  Treasurer — First  and  second  floors,  north  end. 
County  Clerk — Second  floor,  south  end. 
County  Court — Room  603. 

County  Court  Clerk Room  600. 

County  Comptroller — Room  511. 

County  Superintendent  of  Schools — Room  546. 

County  Surveyor — Room  726. 

Custodian — Room  1026. 

Coroner — Room  500. 

Civil  Service  Commissioners — Room  547. 

Circuit  Court — Seventh  floor. 

Circuit  Court  Clerk — Fourth  floor,  north  end. 

Jury   Commissioners — Room   824. 

President  County  Board — Room  523. 

Probate   Court — Sixth  floor. 

Probate  Court  Clerk — Sixth  floor. 

Sheriff — Fourth  floor,  center. 

Superior  Court — Eighth  floor. 

Superior  Court  Clerk — Fourth  floor,  south  end. 

Superintendent  of  Public  Service — Room  519. 

CRIMINAL  COURT  BUILDING. 
Criminal   Court   Clerk — First  floor. 
Criminal  Courts — Third,  fourth  and  fifth  floors. 
Sheriff   (Bailiffs)   in   Charge  of  Criminal   Courts — First  floor, 
Grand  Jury  Assembly  Room- — Second  floor, 
State's  Attorney — Second  floor, 


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CHICAGO  TELEPHONE  RATES. 

Under  ordinance  passed  by  city  council  May  26,  1913. 

Following  are  the  maximum  rates  which  may  be  charged  by  the 
Chicago  Telephone  company  for  a  period  of  five  years  or  until  May, 
1918: 

MEASURED   RATE  SERVICE. 
Business. 

For  single  party  line,  including  960  outgoing  conversations,  mes- 
sages or  calls,  $48  a  year;  next  240  outgoing  messages,  5  cents  each; 
next  1,200  messages,  3  cents  each;  next  1,200  messages,  2,l/2  centf, 
each;  for  all  messages  in  excess  of  3,600,  2  cents  each. 

For  single  party  line,  including  1,200  outgoing  messages,  $60  a 
year;  next  1,200  messages,  3  cents  each;  next  1,200  messages,  2l/> 
cents  each;  all  messages  in  excess  of  3,600,  2  cents  each. 

Residence. 

For  single  party  line,  including  800  outgoing  messages,  $40  a  year; 
next  400  messages,  4  cents  each;  next  1,200  messages,  3  cents  each; 
next  1,200  messages,  2^  cents  each;  all  messages  in  excess  of  3,600, 
2  cents  each. 

FLAT  RATE  SERVICE. 
Business. 

For  single  party  line  including  not  to  exceed  500  outgoing  mes- 
sages in  any  one  month,  $10.42  per  month;  all  messages  in  excess  of 
500  in  any  one  month,  2  cents  each.  Present  subscribers  to  single 
party  business  line,  with  right  to  unlimited  use  of  same  at  $125  a 
year,  have  the  right  to  a  continuance  of  the  same  service  at  the 
same  rate. 

Residence. 

For  a  single  partv  line,  including  all  messages.  $18  per  quarter. 
For  a  two-party  line,  including  all  messages,  $14  per  quarter. 

NICKEL  COIN  BOX  SERVICE. 
Nickel  First. 

One-party  line,  at  a  guarantee  of  20  cents  a  day,  including  four 
messages. 

Two-partv  line,  at  a  guarantee  of  12^  cents  a  day,  including  two 
and  one-half  messages. 

Two-partv  line  (for  residences  only),  at  a  guarantee  of  10  cents  a 
day,  including  two  messages. 

Four-partv  line  (for  residences  only),  at  a  guarantee  of  5  cents 
a  da^  including  one  message. 

Additional  messages  in  excess  of  the  guaranteed  number  per  dav 
in  each  of  foregoing  cases.  4  cents  each. 

At  the  time  of  making  collection  the  comnany  shall  allow  sub- 
scribers 1  cent  for  each  messaere  in  excess  of  the  total  guaranteed 
of  messages  since  the  last  preceding  collection. 

Nickel  Last. 

Nickel  last  rates  are  the  same  as  nickel  first  rates  except  that  all 
messages  in  excess  of  guaranteed  number  are  5  cents  each. 
'     '     '' 

Telephones 

Vehicle  Bureau— Room  304  City  Hall Main  447,  Local  183 

Mounted    Police   Headquarters Superior  8812  and   8813 

Humane  Society Harrison  384—7005 

Commonwealth    Edison   Pulmotor Randolph  1280 

Peoples  Gas  Company  PulmotQr,,r_ ,.„,..„ Randolph  4567 


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HEADLIGHTS  ON  VEHICLES 

The  following  Ordinance  regulating  Headlights  on  Automobiles, 
Motorcycles  or  other  vehicles  was  passed  by  the  Citv  Council  on 
March  30,  1914: 

Be  it  ordained  by  The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Chicago: 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  onerating  any 
automobile,  motorcycle  or  other  vehicle,  while  operating  the  same 
upon  the  public  streets  and  highways  within  the  City,  to  use  acety- 
lene, electric  or  other  bright  headlight,  or  any  headlight  the  rays 
from  which  shall  be  intensified  by  any  parabolic  or  condensing  re- 
flector, unless  such  headlight  shall  be  properly  shaded  so  as  not  to 
blind,  dazzle  or  confuse  other  users  of  the  highway  or  make  it  diffi- 
cult or  unsafe  for  them  to  ride,  drive  or  walk  thereon. 

Illinois  Automobile   Law. 

Section. 

3 — Numbers  to  be  displayed  upon  motor  vehicles  and  motor  bi- 
cycles. 

4 — Lamps. 

5 — Registration   by   manufacturers   and   dealers. 

6 — Fictitious  numbers. 

7 — Registration  in  case  of  sale. 

8 — Non-resident  not  required  to  register. 

9 — Brakes  and  horns. 
10— Speed. 

11 — Racing  on  public  highways. 
12 — Local  ordinances  prohibited. 
13 — Licenses  of  chauffeurs 
14 — Chauffeur's  badge. 

15 — Use  of  motor  vehicle  without  owner's  consent. 
16 — Meeting  animals — giving  name  and  address  in  case  of  accident. 

The  following  schedule  indicates  the  fees  required  to  be  paid  for 
licensing  motor  vehicles,  motor  bicycles  and  electric  vehicles  in  the 
State  of  Illinois.  All  licenses  expire  Dec.  31  of  each  year. 

25  horse-power  and  less $  4.00 

50  horse-power  and  more  than  25  horse-power 6.00 

50  horse-power  and  more  than  35  horse-power 8.00 

More  than   50  horse-power 10  00 

Electric   vehicles 5.00 

Motor    bicycles 2.00 

Manufacturers   and   dealers  15.00 

Chauffeur's   license,   original 5.00 

Chauffeur's   license,   renewal , 3.00 


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Wheel  Tax. 
Section. 

2417  C.  C.  Vehicle  license — horse  drawn. 
2720  C.  C.  Vehicle  license — automobile. 

2719  C.  C.  One-horse   wagon   

(Rate  $5.00  each)   $ 

One-horse  buggy  or  carriage 

(Rate  $5.00  each)   $ 

Two-horse    wagon    

(Rate  $10.00  each)   $ 

Two-horse   buggy  or  carriage 

(Rate  $10.00  each)  $ 

Three-horse   wagon    

(Rate  $15.00  each)  $ 

Four-horse  wagon 

(Rate  $25.00  each)   $ 

Six   or   more  horse   wagon 

(Rate  $35.00  each)  $ 

Motorcycle   or  motor   tricycle 

(Rate  $3.00  each)  $ 

Passenger    electric    automobile 

(Rate  $10.00  each)  $ 

Passenger  automobile — 35  horse-power  or  less 

(Rate  $10.00  each)   $ 

Passenger  automobile — more  than  35  horse-power.... 

(Rate  $20.00  each)   $ 

Automobile    delivery    wagon — capacity   of   less    than 

1  ton . 

(Rate  $15.00  each)  $ 

Automobile  truck  (capacity  of  1  ton  or  more),  coach 

or  bus 

(Rate  $30.00  each)   $ 

RULES  FOR  THE  REGULATION  OF  STREET  TRAFFIC. 

In  the  hope  that  all  may  be  relied  upon  to  co-operate  in  an  effort 
to  reduce  to  a  minimum  the  embarrassment  resulting  from  traffic 
congestion,  particularly  within  the  Loop  District,  the  following  rules 
are  promulgated. 

It  is  believed  that  a  definite  understanding  will  materially  aid  in 
bringing  about  improved  conditions,  and  that  .as  the  subject  is  one 
which  vitally  concerns  all  citizens,  a  prompt  compliance  with  these 
regulations  will  be  cheerfully  rendered. 

Copies  of  these  rules  may  be  obtained  at  the  Vehicle  Bureau,  Po- 
lice Headquarters  and  at  all  police  stations. 

Article  I — Definitions. 

Section  1.  The  word  "vehicle"  includes  equestrians,  led  horses  and 
everything  on  wheels  or  runners,  except  street  cars  and  baby  car- 
riages. 

Sec.  2.     The  word  "horse"  includes  all  domestic  animals. 

Sec.  3.  The  word  "driver"  includes  the  rider  or  driver  of  a  horse, 
the  rider  of  wheels  and  the  operator  of  a  motor  vehicle  or  street  car. 

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Article  II — Obedience. 

Section  1.  Drivers  of  vehicles  and  street  cars  must  at  all  times 
comply  with  any  direction,  by  voice  or  hand,  of  any  member  of 
the  Police  Force,  as  to  placing,  stopping,  starting,  approaching  or  de- 
parting from  any  place:  the  manner  of  taking  up  or  setting  down 
passengers  loading  or  unloading  goods  in  any  place. 

Sec.  2.  Ignorance  of  these  rules  shall  furnish  no  excuse  for  disre-; 
garding  them. 


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Article  III — Pedestrians. 

Section  1.  Pedestrians  should  remember  that  while  they  have  the 
right  to  cross  the  street  in  safety,  the  streets  are  primarily  intended 
for  vehicles,  and  they  should  therefore  cheerfully  conform  to  all  the 
traffic  rules  and  thereby  contribute  not  only  to  their  own  safety  and 
comfort  but  facilitate  the  movement  of  traffic  as  well. 

Sec.  2.  Pedestrians  should  never  step  from  the  sidewalk  to  the 
street  without  first  looking  in  each  direction  for  approaching  vehicles. 

Sec.  3.  Pedestrians  should  never  cross  streets  except  at  regular 
crossings  and  at  right  angles. 

Sec.  4.  Pedestrians  should  wait  for  the  signal  of  traffic  policeman 
wherever  one  is  stationed  and  move  in  the  direction  of  the  traffic 
only. 

Sec.  5.  Pedestrians  should  be"  particularly  cautious  in  crossing 
alleys. 

Article  IV — Drivers'  Signals. 

Section  1.  Before  slowing  up  or  stopping,  drivers  shall  signal  to 
those  behind  by  raising  the  whip  or  hand  vertically. 

Sec.  2.  In  turning  while  in  motion,  or  in  starting  to  turn  from  a 
standstill,  a  signal  shall  be  given  by  indicating  with  the  whip  or  hand 
the  direction  in  which  the  turn  is  to  be  made. 

Sec.  3.  Before  backing  or  slowing  up  ample  warning  shall  be  given, 
and  while  backing  unceasing  vigilance  must  be  exercised  not  to  in- 
jure those  behind. 

Sec.  4.  One  blast  of  a  police  whistle  indicates  that  the  East  and 
West  traffic  must  stop  and  that  the  North  and  South  traffic  may  pro- 
ceed. 

Two  blasts  that  North  and  South  traffic  shall  stop  and  East  and 
West  traffic  may  proceed. 

Three  or  more  blasts  is  a  signal  of  alarm  and  indicates  the  approach 
of  danger. 

Article  V— Right  of  Way. 

Section  1.  Police,  Fire  Department,  Fire  Patrol,  Traffic  Emergency 
Repair,  Ambulances  and  United  States  Mail  vehicles  shall  have  the 
right  of  way  in  any  street  and  through  any  procession. 

Sec.  2.  Horse-drawn  vehicles  shall  have  the  right  of  way  over 
power-driven  vehicles,  street  cars  excepted. 

Sec.  3.  The  driver  of  a  vehicle,  on  the  approach  of  any  fire  ap- 
paratus, shall  immediately  draw  up  said  vehicle  as  near  as  practicable 
to  the  right  hand  curb  and  parallel  thereto  and  bring  it  to  a  standstill. 

Article  VI— Street  Cars. 

Section  1.  The  driver  of  a  street  car  shall  immediately  stop  his 
car  and  keep  it  stationary  upon  the  approach  of  any  fire  apparatus. 

Sec.  2.  Street  cars  shall  have  the  right  of  way,  between  the  cross 
streets,  over  all  vehicles. 

The  driver  of  any  vehicle  proceeding  upon  the  track  in  front  of  a 
street  car  shall  turn  out  upon  signal  of  the  driver  or  conductor  of  the 
car. 

Sec.  3.  No  vehicle  or  street  car  shall  so  occupy  any  street  as  to 
interfere  with  or  intercept  the  passage  of  other  cars  of  vehicles. 

Sec.  4.'  During  blockades  or  stoppages  a  clear  space  of  ten  feet 
shall  be  kept  open  between  cars  opposite  the  alley  or  the  center  of 
the  block  if  there  be  no  alley. 

Sec.  5.  Vehicles  and  street  cars  must  stop  back  of  the  crosswalk 
so  as  not  to  interfere  with  the  passage  of  pedestrians. 

Article  VII— Speed. 

Section  1.  No  vehicle  shall  proceed  at  any  time  at  a  greater  speed 
than  the  law  allows  and  which  is  safe  and  proper  under  the  condi- 
tions then  obtaining. 

Sec.  2.  No  vehicle  shall  cross  any  street  or  avenue  or  make  any 
turn  at  a  speed  exceeding  one-half  its  legal  speed. 


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Sec.  3.  No  vehicle  shall  emerge  from  an  alley,  stable  or  garage  at 
a  pace  faster  than  a  walk;  at  the  latter  places  an  attendant  should 
precede  the  vehicle  to  give  warning. 

Sec.  4.  Horse-drawn  vehicles  and  pedestrians  should  habitually 
cross  the  street  intersections  a.s  promptly  as  circumstances  permit. 
Teams  moving  at  an  unnecessarily  slow  walk  across  street  intersec- 
tions greatly  impede  traffic. 

Sec.  5.     On  all  thoroughfares  the  heavy  and  slow  moving  vehicles 
shall,  as  far  as  conditions  permit,  keep  to  the  right,  in  order  to  allow 
the  rapid  moving  and  lighter  traffic  to  proceed  independently. 
Article  VIII — Keeping  to  the  Right,  Passing,  Turning,  Crossing  and 

Stopping. 

Section  1.  A  vehicle,  except  when  passing  a  vehicle  ahead,  shall 
habitually  keep  as  near  the  right  hand  curb  as  possible. 

Sec.  2.     A  vehicle  meeting  another  shall  pass  to  the  right. 

Sec.  3.  On  an  avenue  or  street  divided  longitudinally  by  a  park- 
way, walk,  sunken  way  or  viaduct,  vehicles  should  keep  to  the  right  of 
such  divisions. 

Sec.  4.  A  vehicle  turning  into  another  street  to  the  right  shall  turn 
the  corner  as  near  the  right  hand  curb  as  practicable. 

Sec.  5.  A  vehicle  turning  into  another  street  to  the  left  shall  circle 
around  the  center  of  the  street  intersection. 

Sec.  6.  A  vehicle  crossing  from  one  side  of  the  street  to  the  other 
shall  in  doing  so  keep  to  the  right. 

Sec.  7.     No  vehicle  shall  stop  with  left  side  to  the  curb. 

Sec.  8.  No  vehicle  shall  stand  backed  up  to  the  curb  except  when 
actually  loading  or  unloading,  and  if  said  vehicle  is  horse-drawn  and 
has  four  wheels,  the  horse  or  horses  must  stand  parallel  to  the  curb 
and  faced  in  the  direction  of  traffic. 

Sec.  9.  A  vehicle  waiting  at  the  curb  shall  promptly  give  place  to  a 
vehicle  about  to  load  or  unload. 

Sec.  10.  No  vehicle,  unless  in  an  emergency  or  to  allow  another 
vehicle  or  pedestrian  to  cross  its  path,  shah  stop  in  any  street  or  high- 
way, except  near  the  right  hand  curb  thereof,  and  so  not  to  obstruct 
a  crossing. 

Sec.  11.  No  vehicle  shall  back  to  make  a  turn  in  any  street  if  by 
so  doing  it  interferes  with  other  vehicles,  but  shall  go  around  the 
block  or  to  a  street  sufficiently  wide  to  turn  in  without  blocking 
traffic. 

Sec.  12.  Vehicles  will  enter  North  and  South  and  all  "L"  shaped 
or  right-angled  alleys  from  the  North  and  leave  from  the  South; 
East  and  West  alleys,  from  the  East  and  leave  from  the  West. 

Section  2484a.  Vehicles  to  stop  when  street  cars  discharge  or  take 
on  passengers.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  driving  or  having 
charge,  possession  or  control  of  any  vehicle  being  driven  or  pro- 
pelled or  operated  upon  the  streets  of  the  City  of  Chicago,  upon 
overtaking  any  street  car  which  is  stopped  for  the  purpose  of  dis- 
charging or  taking  on  a  passenger  or  passengers,  to  permit,  or  cause 
said  vehicle  to  pass  or  approach  within  ten  (10)  feet  of.  said  car  as 
long  as  the  said  car  is  so  stopped  or  remains  standing  for  the  purpose 
of  discharging  or  taking  on  a  passenger  or  passengers. 

2493.  Vehicles  Passing — Motor  Vehicles  Not  to  Run  on  Left  Hand 
Tracks.  All  vehicles  shall  keep  as  close  to  the  right-hand  curb  as  safety 
and  prudence  shall  permit,  except  when  overtaking  and  passing  an- 
other vehicle,  and  except  when  running  within  the  car  tracks, 
and  as  provided  in  Section  2487  hereof.  An  overtaken  vehicle 
must  at  all  times  be  passed  on  its  left  side,  except  that  in  case 
of  motor  vehicles  and  motorcycles  passing  street  cars  or  other  ve- 
hicles when  running  within  the  car  tracks;  in  such  case  such  motor 
vehicle  or  motorcycle  shall  not  turn  to  the  left  into  the  track  re- 
served for  street  cars  and  vehicles  moving  in  the  opposite  direction, 
but  shall  pass  to  the  right  of  such  street  car  or  vehicle  so  overtaken. 

Article  IX— Vehicles. 

Section  1.  No  one  shall  drive  a  vehicle  that  is  so  closed  in  or  con- 
structed as  to  prevent  the  driver  from  having  a  sufficient  view  of  the 
traffic  at  the  sides  of  such  vehicle. 


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Sec.  2.  No  one  shall  drive  or  conduct  any  vehicle  in  such  condi- 
tion, so  constructed  or  so  loaded  as  to  be  likely  to  cause  delay  in 
traffic  or  accident  or  injury  to  man,  beast  or  property. 

Sec.  3.  No  vehicle  shall  be  so  loaded  that  it  may  not  be  easily 
drawn  over  the  most  difficult  portion  of  the  route. 

Sec.  4.  No  one  shall  load  or  drive  a  vehicle  loaded  with  iron  or 
any  material  likely  to  create  loud  noises  by  striking  together  without 
using  every  effort  to  deaden  the  load. 

Sec.  5.  No  one  under  sixteen  years  of  age  shall  be  permitted  to 
drive  any  vehicle. 

Sec.  6.  No  one  shall  ride  upon  the  rear  end  of  any  vehicle  with- 
out the  consent  of  the  driver,  and  when  riding  no  part  of  his  body 
shall  protrude  beyond  the  limits  of  the  vehicle. 

Sec.  7.  No  vehicle  shall  be  used  on  any  street  or  highway  unless 
provided  with  lights  and  sound  signals  as  prescribed  by  law. 

Sec.  8.  All  vehicles  are  required  between  one  and  one-half  hours 
after  sunset  and  one  hour  before  sunrise  to  have  on  the  left  side  a 
light  which  shall  show  white  200  feet  to  the  front  and  red  200  feet  to 
the  rear.  Bicycles,  etc.,  shall  have  one  white  light  that  shall  be  visible 
200  feet. 

Sec.  9.  Drivers  of  vehicles  loaded  with  ashes,  cinders,  coal,  mortar, 
snow  or  similar  material,  so  that  the  matter  is  scattered  along  the 
street,  are  liable  to  arrest. 

Sec.  10.  No  vehicle  not  in  charge  of  a  driver  shall,  between  6  a.  m. 
and  7  p.  m.,  stand  in  any  street  or  alley  within  the  district  bounded 
by  Lake  street,  Wabash  avenue,  Harrison  and  Market  streets  tor  a 
period  longer  than  30  minutes. 

Article  X — Control  of  Horses. 

Section  1.  No  horse  shall  be  left  unattended  in  any  street  unless 
securely  fastened  or  unless  the  wheels  of  the  vehicle  to  which  he  is 
harnessed  are  securely  fastened  and  the  vehicle  itself  is  of  sufficient 
weight  to  prevent  its  being  dragged  with  the  wheels  so  secured. 

Sec.  2.  No  horse  shall  be  unbridled  in  any  street  unless  secured 
by  a  halter. 

Sec.  3.  No  one  shall  remove  a  wheel,  pole,  shaft,  whiffletree,  or 
other  part  of  a  vehicle  or  any  part  of  a  harness  without  first  un- 
hitching the  horse  or  horses. 

Sec.  4.  No  one  shall  let  go  of  the  reins  while  riding,  driving  or 
conducting  a  horse. 

Sec.  5.  No  one  shall  knowingly  permit  an  animal  to  be  driven 
which  is  not  in  every  respect  fit  for  the  service  in  which  it  is  em- 
ployed and  free  from  lameness,  sores  or  any  disease  likely  to 
cause  pain  to  the  animal  or  an  injury  to  person  or  property. 

Sec.  6.  No  one  shall  ill-treat,  over-load,  over-drive,  over-ride  or 
cruelly  or  unnecessarily  beat  any  horse. 

Sec.  7.  No  one  shall  crack  or  so  use  a  whip  as  to  annoy,  inter- 
fere with  or  endanger  any  person  or  excite  any  horse  other  than 
that  which  he  is  using. 

Motor  Vehicle  Muffler  Ordinance. 

Section  1.  No  person  shall  operate,  nor  shall  the  owner  of  any 
automobile,  motor  vehicle,  or  motorcycle,  permit  to  be  operated  on 
the  streets,  alleys  and  public  places  of  the  City  of  Chicago  any 
automobiles,  motor  vehicle  or  motorcycle  which  has  not  a  muffler 
in  a  proper  and  efficient  working  condition;  and  it  shall  be  further 
unlawful  for  any  person  to  operate,  or  for  the  owner  of  any  auto- 
mobile, motor  vehicle  or  motorcycle  to  permit  to  be  operated  any 
such  automobile,  motor  vehicle  or  motorcycle  on  the  streets,  alleys 
or  public  places  of  the  City  of  Chicago  with  the  muffler  cut  out  or 
not  in  operation. 

Sec.  2.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordi- 
nance shall  be  fined  in  a  sum  not  less  than  rive  dolars  or  more  than 
fifty  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  3.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  full  force  and  effect  from  and 
after  its  passage  and  due  publication. 


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SYNOPSIS    OF   AUTOMOBILE   LAW— SECTION   7. 
Transfer  of  Motor  Vehicle.     Report  of  Sale. 

Every  person  selling  a  registered  motor  vehicle  must  immediately 
remove  tne  number  plates  and  seal  therefrom,  and  within  10  days 
report  said  sale  to  the  Secretary  of  State. 

j/ee  of  $1.00  tor  filing  said  report  must  be  paid  by  the  vendor. 

Upon  payment  of  $1.00  additional  the  vendor  may  register  any 
other  motor  vehicle  of  like  horse-power  or  less,  owned  by  him,  re- 
taining the  number  of  the  machine  sold. 

The  vehicle  sold  must  be  registered  same  as  an  .original  registra- 
tion. 
Synopsis  of  Illinois  Laws  and  Chicago   Ordinances  Relating  to  the 

Use  of  Motor  Vehicles  and  Motorcycles  on  the  Public 

Highways,  and  Suggestions  to  Motorists. 

Registration — Owners  must  register  automobiles  with  the  Secre- 
tary of  State  within  ten  (.10)  days  after  purchase.  Registration  ex- 
pires December  31st  each  year.  The  first  registration,  if  for  less 
than  a  year,  will  be  pro-rated. 

State   registration    lees — full   year — first   registration   pro-rated. 
Registration  Certificates  and  Number  Plates — Certificate  of  regis- 
tration will  be  issued  by  the  Secretary  of  State.     Seat  and  two  num- 
ber plates  must  be  attached  to  automobile. 

Display  of  Number  Plates — One  number  plate  must  be  attached  to 
front,  the  other  to  rear,  of  machine.  Must  not  swing  loosely.  Rear 
number  must  not  be  less  than  twenty  (20)  inches  above  surface  of 
the  ground.  Number  plates  must  be  unobstructed  and  kept  clean 
and  tree  from  dirt  and  grease.  If  broken  or  disfigured,  must  be  re- 
paired. 

Fictitious  Numbers — No  number  belonging  to  another,  nor  fic- 
titious number,  to  be  displayed. 

Chauffeurs — Must  be  licensed  by  State  after  passing  an  examina- 
tion. Must  be  eighteen  (18)  years  of  age,  or  over.  License  expires 
on  December  31st  of  each  year.  Chauffeurs'  badges  must  be  worn 
while  operating  automobiles  and  must  not  be  transferred  to  other 
persons. 

No  chauffeur  or  other  person  permitted  to  operate  automobile  in 
the  absence  of  owner  without  consent.  Chaufteur  or  other  person 
having  charge  of  an  automobile  must  .not  accept  a  bonus  or  dis- 
count in  the  purchase  of  supplies  or  for  work. 

Intoxicated  Operator — No  one  permitted  to  operate  an  automobile 
while  intoxicated.  Chauffeur  may  have  his  license  revoked  for  such 
conduct. 

Age  of  Operator — Must  be  at  least  sixteen  (16).  If  under  eighteen 
(18)  operator  must  be  accompanied  by  parent  or  guardian.  All  oper- 
ators must  not  be  incapacitated  from  freely  using  both  feet  to 
operate  an  automobile. 

Running  Machinery — No  automobile  to  be  left  standing  without 
an  attendant  while  machinery  is  running. 

Injuries — In  case  of  injury,  driver  must  stop  at  once  to  ascertain 
extent  of  injury  and  to  render  assistance.  Must  give  name  and  ad- 
dress, if  requested. 

Escaping  Gas — No  noxious  smoke,  gas,  steam  or  offensive  odor 
to  escape  from  an  automobile.  Brakes,  horns  and  signal  devices — 
Must  be  provided  with  good  brakes  and  with  bell,  horn  or  signal 
device  producing  abrupt  sound  loud  enough  to  warn  of  danger. 
No  unnecessary  noise  permitted.  Steering  gear  must  always  be  in 
good  working  order. 

Mufflers—Must  be  on  all  automobiles  and  must  not  be  cut  out 
or  inoperative. 

Lamps — Must  be  lighted  from  sunset  to  one  hour  before  sunrise. 
Front  lamps  must  be  visible  at  least  200  feet;  rear  lamps  must 
throw  red  light  in  the  reverse  direction.  Number  plate  at  back  must 
be  legible  150  feet.  Switch  controlling  light  must  not  be  placed 
where  it  can  be  operated  by  person  riding  on  or  within  the  vehicle. 
Rear  number  plate  must  be  unobstructed  and  visible  from  any 
angle.  Lamp  alongside  of  it  to  be  not  less  than  6  nor  more  than 
12  inches  from  plate  nor  project  more  than  6  inches. 


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GOVERNMENT  OFFICES  IN  CHICAGO. 

The  postoffice  and  all  other  United  States  department  offices,  ex- 
cept where  otherwise  noted,  are  in  the  federal  building,  which  stands 
on  the  square  bounded  by  Clark,  Adams  and  Dearborn  streets  and 
Jackson  boulevard.  Postmaster,  Daniel  A.  Campbell. 

Appraiser's  Office — Harrison  and  Sherman  streets;  appraiser,  W.  E. 
Clare. 

Bureau  of  Commerce — Room  629;  commercial  agent,  Dr.  W.  C. 
Huntington;  radio  inspector,  J.  F.  Dillon. 

Bureau  of  Reclamation  Service — Rooms  776-779;  C.  F.  Harris,  act- 
ing transportation  agent. 

Custom  House — South  wing,  fourth  floor;  collector,  Rivers  McNeill; 
special  deputy  collector,  John  R.  Ford;  naval  officer,  William  Brown; 
special  deputy  naval  officer,  Edgar  C.  Hawley. 

Hydrographic  Office — Room  528;  Lieut.  A.  M.  Steckel  in  charge. 

Immigration  Bureau — Newberry  building,  Eldredge  court  and  Wa- 
bash  avenue;  inspector  in  charge,  Dr.  P.  L.  Prentis. 

Inspectors  of  Steam  Vessels — Room  529;  inspector  of  hulls  (va- 
cancy); inspector  of  boilers,  William  Nicholas. 

Internal  Revenue  Department — East  wing,  fourth  floor;  collector, 
Julius  F.  Smietanka;  chief  deputy,  Frank  E.  Hemstreet;  cashier,  Fred- 
erick W.  Rech. 

Coast  Guard  Service — Room  500;  inspector,  F.  J.  Haake. 

Marine  Hospital — Clarendon  and  Graceland  avenues;  surgeon  in 
command,  Dr.  J.  O.  Cobb. 

Postoffice  Inspector — Room  330;  James  E.  Stuart  in  charge. 

Railway  Mail  Service — Third  floor,  north  wing;  Capt.  E.  L.  West, 
superintendent. 

United  States  District  Attorney — Room  826;  Charles  F.  Clyne;  chief 
clerk,  William  A.  Small. 

United  States  Engineer — Room  508;  officer  in  charge,  Lieut. -CoL 
W.  V.  Judson,  corps  of  engineers,  U.  S.  A. 

United  States  Marshal — Rooms  804  and  806;  marshal,  John  J.  Brad- 
ley; chief  deputy,  John  P.  Wolf. 

United  States  Secret  Service — Room  881;  Thomas  I.  Porter,  chief 
operator. 

United  States  Subtreasury — First  floor,  northwest  section;  assist- 
ant treasurer,  Irving  Shuman;  cashier,  Frank  C.  Russell; 

Weather  Bureau — Fourteenth  floor;  professor  in  charge,  Henry 
J.  Cox. 

LAW   AND    ORDER   LEAGUES   AND    PROTECTIVE 
ASSOCIATIONS. 

Anti-Cruelty  Society  and  Refuge — President  L.  E.  Meyers;  secre- 
tary, Hugo  Krause,  155  West  Grand  avenue. 

Anti-Saloon  League  of  Illinois — 1200,  189  West  Madison  street; 
superintendent,  F.  Scott  McBride. 

Chicago  Law  and  Order  League — President — Arthur  B.  Farwell; 
secretary,  William  F.  Mulvihill,  1305,  19  South  LaSalle  street. 

Citizens'  Association — 911,  8  South  Dearborn  street;  president, 
Moses  E.  Greenebaum;  secretary,  S.  M.  Singleton. 

Citizens'  League  of  Chicago  for  the  Suppression  of  the  Sale  of 
Liquor  to  Minors  and  Drunkards — 1405,  155  North  Clark  street;  sec- 
retary, Frank  S.  Baker;  superintendent,  Henry  King  Grose. 

Englewood  Law  and  Order  League — 331  West  63d  street;  attorney, 
J.  H.  Lyle. 

Garfield  Park  Protective  Association — President,  E.  Worthing; 
secretary,  William  Watters,  4147  West  Congress  street. 

Hyde  Park  Protective  Association — President,  John  B.  Lord;  sec- 
retary, Arthur  B.  Farwell,  1305,  19  South  LaSalle  street. 

Illinois  Humane  Society — 1145  South  Wabash  avenue;  president, 
John  L.  Shortall;  secretary,  George  A.  H.  Scott. 

Immigrants'  Protective  League — 920  South  Michigan  avenue;  presi- 
dent, Alex.  A.  McCormick. 


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CONTENTS 


Page 

Afterword  211 

Badenoch,  John  J 15 

Bartram,  Wheeler 25 

Blettner,  Capt.  August 29 

Brennan,  MicTiael 15 

Car-Barn  Bands,  The 197 

Chicago  in  its  Infancy 33 

Chiefs  of  Police  City  of  Chicago.  ...  31 

Cook  County  Officials 235 

Collins,  John  M 19 

County  Depts.  and  Courts,  Location.  23:» 
Development  of  Police  Dept.,  year 

by  year  from  1879 165 

Fire.  The  49 

Foreword  5 

Fourth  of  May,  The 123 

Funkhouser,  Major  M.  L.  C 13 

Gleason,  James 23 

Government  Offices  in  Chicago 240 

The  Growth  of  Anarchism 81 

"Hard  Times  and  Riot  Following  the 

Fire"  ..  53 

Healey,  Chas  C 9 

Heidelmeier,  Lieut.  Max 23 

History  of  Police  Dept 33 

Illinois  Automobile  Law 243 

Kipley,  Joseph 17 


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Law     and     Order     Leagues     and     Pro- 
tective Associations 240 

Lynch,    Peter    T 27 

Mayors  and  the  Police  Force 39 

"McCormjak          Harvester         Wc4-k)s 

Riots"     103 

McWeeney,     John 21 

Municipal     Directory 223 

Officers — Police  Pensioners  Ass'n....249 

O'Neill,  Francis 17 

Police    Directory 217 

The    Railroad  Strike  of   1894 145 

Railroad    Passenger    Stations 241 

Riots   and   The   Police    Force 65 

Rules    for    the     Regulation    of    Street 

Traffic     244 

Shippy,    Geo.    M 19 

Schuettler,    Herman   F 11 

Stewart,   Leroy  T 21 

"The   Street   Car  Strike" 91 

Strikes      199 

Synopsis    of    Automobile    Law,     Sec- 
tion   7     248 

Telephone  Rates   242 

Thompson,    Wm.    Hale 7 

The   Traffic   Squad 155 

Wheel    Tax    244 


INDEX   OF  ADVERTISERS 


Acme    Electrotype 204 

Adams,   C.   F.,   Co 158 

Ahlberg    Bearing    Co 56 

Ahern,    Thos.    J.    &    Bros 200 

Akron    Tire   &    Vulcanizing   Co 62 

Albaugh-Dover    Co 14 

Alexander,    W.    A.,    &    Co 180 

Allen,   R.   A.,  Co 160 

Allis    Brick    Co 117 

American   Auto-Top    Mfg.    Co 183 

American   Cement  Plaster  Co 78 

American    Cocoanut    Butter    Co 120 

American    Colortype    Co 151 

American  District  Telegraph  Co 12 

American    Film    Co.,    Inc 48 

American     Insulated     Wire    &     Cable 

Co 179 

American  Motor   Livery  Co 150 

American   Shoe   Polish    Co 198 

Anderson,  C.  J.,  &  Co 178 

Anderson,  Gilbert 78 

Anderson,    C.    W.,    &    Co 44 

Anderson,  W.  E 214 

Andrews   &  Co 42 

Andrews  Lumber  &  Mill  Co 94 

Anderson-Stevens   Co 162 

Archer  Iron   Works 220 

Armstrong,    H.    J.,    &    Co 68 

Arntzen,    B.    E 218 

Art    Marble    Co 180 

Art  Wall   Paper  Mills 168 

Astor    Hotel 170 

Auditorium     Hotel 94 

Aurora    Automobile    Machinery    Co..    80 

Auto   Parts    Co 250 

Auto    Sales    and    Parts 226 

Automatic    Carburetor    Co 118 

Babcock,   Rushton,   &  Co .    30 

Baker,     John,     Jr 192 

Bakers  &  Confectioners  Supply   Co.. 226 

Bartlett,     Fred'k     H 222 

Bartlett,  Frazier 26 

Bear   Tire    Co 84 

Beavor    Electric    Construction   Co....    80 

Bechstein     &    Co 10ft 

Beecroft    &    Co 188 

Belden     Manufacturing     Co 136 

Bell    &    Howell    Co 106 

Benson,    Andrew 218 

Bet.z   Fr.   &   Co 34 

Birren,    P.    A 236 

Benedetto,     Allegretti 236 

Blue   Valley   Butter 92 

Bohner    Mfg.    Co 232 

Bolters    Son's,    A 156 

Borden    108 

Brandeis   Auto  Sales  Co 36 

Breed,   Elliott  &   Harrison .  .    40 


Brevoort    Hotel 1 

Brinks   Express    211 

Bi  ucker,     M 234 

Brunswick-Balke-Collender  Co.,  The.    58 

Brunswick     Keith     Co 165 

Bryant   &   Greenwood 137 

Buck    &    Rayner 146 

Bunte    Bros 248 

Buscher,     Fred    230 

Burke  Machine  Works 230 

Burke.,   Aug.,   Roofing  Co 194 

Burnham,    John,    &    Co 44 

Burr,    Geo.    H.,    &    Co 42 

Bush    &   Gerts   Piano    Co 32 

Butzow,     Julius    R 182 

Cabot,     Samuel,     Inc 205 

California   Fruit    Growers    Exchange.  188 

Carlson,    C.    A 226 

Centennial     Laundry 190 

Central    Furniture    Packing    Co 186 

Central   Undertaking 214 

Channell    Chemical    Co 142 

Cheriola    Co.,    The 154 

Chicago   Bonding   Co.,    The 136 

Chicago  Bridge  &  Iron  Works 34 

Chicago    Car   Seal    Co.-. 190 

Chicago  Faucet  Co 141 

Chicago   Ferrotype   Co 131 

Chicago    Flexible    Shaft   Co 96 

Chicago   Iron  &   Steel  Works 147 

Chicago    Linen    Supply    Co 110 

Chicago    Orthopedic    Co 140 

Chicago    P'ortland    Cement    Co 130 

Chicago    Pulley   &   Shafting   Co 128 

Chicago   Rawhide   Mfg.    Co.,    The."  ..106 

Chicago    Telephone    Co 224 

Chicago  Waste  Co 220 

Christopher     Motor     Car 157 

Churan,     Albert    G 1..216 

Church   &    Holies   Co 220 

City  of  Chicago 223 

Claremont    Garage,     The 164 

Clark,  F.  L 158 

Clement,    Curtis    &    Co 42 

Clinton    Co 97 

Cohen    &    Co 216 

Columbia    Feather    Co 216 

Compliments    of   a   Friend 232 

Compound  Injector  &  Specialty  Co..    78 

Condon    ,t    Giblin 142 

Congress    Hotel    and    Annex 112 

Conley,    Klpllnger   &    Hussey 226 

Consolidated     Engineering    Co 32 

Continental  Bolt  &  Iron  Works 174 

Cooper,   Harry   W 228 

Coyne  Nat'l  Trade  Schools 221 

Cozzens,    Samuel 168 

Crescent  Jacket,  Apron  &  Towel  Sup- 
Ply     Co U4 


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Cribben    &    Sexton    Co 128 

Crofoot,    Nielsen    &    Co loo 

Cudahy   Packing   Co ° 2 

Cunningham,    John    T 199 

Curtis   &   Sanger 1 

Delco  Lunch   Co Inside  back   cover 

David    Fireproof   Storage 21 

Dennos     Food     Co 215 

Diamond,    T.,    Motor    Car   Co 54 

Diener,  Geo.  AV.,  Mfg.  Co 146 

Dietsch,   A 21 

D.  L.   Co 150 

Dodge,     F.     W 196 

Dusek,    Jos.,    Co. .  .  : 1^2 

Eastern    Viavi    Co 82 

Economic   Cost    of   National    Prohibi- 
tion        16 

Economy    Fuse    &    Mfg.    Co 156 

Economy  Pumping  Co 232 

Edgar,  David  W 194 

Edison    Co 6 

Edler,  Francis,   &  Co 130 

Edmanson    Catering    Co 203 

Elaborated   Ready   Roofing  Co 90 

Elgin  Motor  Car  Corporation 36 

Electric    Shop    6 

Elston,    Clifford    &    Co 40 

Emery    Motor    Livery    Co 88 

Emmons     Electric     Co. 46 

Ero    Mfg.     Co 176 

Evans,    H.   C.,    &   Co 150 

Evanston    Hotel     74 

Excelsior   Laundry   Co 1S6 

Excelsior   Motor   Mfg.    &    Supply   Co..    76 

Ferguson,    E.    A 09 

Fiat      116 

Findeisen   &  Kropf  Mfg.   Co 98 

Finney,     H.    W 38 

Fitz    Simmons    &    Connell    Dredge    & 

Dock  Co 66 

Florsheim    Men's   Boot   Shop,    The... 108 

Fox  River  Butter  Co 60 

French   Hand  Laundry  Co 170 

Frerk,     Henry,     Sons 218 

Friedlander,   D 228 

Furness  Bros.  Co .146 

G-A.    Bail    Bearing   Mfg.    Co 105 

Gallanis    Bros 120 

Garden    City    Spring   Works 96 

Gardiner   Metal   Co 234 

Garfield   Park   State   Savings  Bank..    94 

Garfield    Park    Storage    Co 52 

Gavin,     Jas.     C 196 

Ganger,    John    A 213 

Gilbert    Company    140 

Goldman,  Sachs  &  Co 44 

Globe-Wernicke     145 

Gloor   &   Co.,    R.    G 202 

Goodman    Manufacturing    Co 58 

Goodrich,    B.    F.,    Rubber    Co 100 

Gorman,    John    C.,    Co 68 

Gould   Storage   Battery    Co 76 

Graham    Bros 197 

Grayland    Auto    Station 90 

Great    Northern    Hotel 102 

Greek    American    Storage   Co 222 

Greeley-Howard-Norlin  Co 148 

Guyon's    Dancing    Academies ..    84 

Hales   &    Edwards    Co ~. .  .  182 

Hammesfahr     138 

Hanchett   Bond   Co 30 

Hanson,    Louis,    Co 72 

Harmony   Cafeteria    164 

Hartman    Sanders    Co 178 

Havana    Importing    Co 90 

Hawtin  Engraving  Co 66 

Healthatorium     122 

Heath  &  Milligan  Mfg.  Co 62 

Hemwall,   John,   Automobile  Co 82 

Herbert    Boiler    Co : 209 

Herman,    K.    I.,    Co 204 

Hetzel,    John     174 

Hochspeier,   Undertaker   114 

Hodenpyl,    Hardy    &    Co 30 

Hoepner   Automatic    Scale    Co 118 

Holinger,    A.,    &    Co 103 

Holland   Laundry    220 

Holmes    &    Co.,    F.    C 162 

Home  Laundry  Co 204 

Homewood   Press,    The 148 

Hoof,   C.   M.,   Co 236 

Htiether,   Jacob    210 

Hugro    Mfg.    Co.,    The 50 

Huguelet    Bros.     Garage 190 

Hung,  Fong  Lo 210 


Hygienic   Ice   Co 170 

Hyldahl     Bros 158 

Illinois  Central  R.    R 4 

Illinois    Electrotype   Co 14S 

Illinois    Flower    Box    Co 86 

Illinois    Show    Case    Works 10'' 

Ilg    Electric    Ventilating    Co 173 

Imperial    Dyers    &    Cleaners 19S 

Industry     Novelty     Co 126 

International    Lumber    Co 192 

Irving    Park    National    Bank 234 

Jack,    Dr.    Harry    T 72 

Jackson    New    Hotel 161 

Jones    Fashion     Garage 14  1 

Jorgeson,     F.     C 234 

Joseph,   Herbert   L.    &  Co 178 

Kaestner   &   Hecht   Co 132 

Kaiser   &  Co.,   W.   F 28 

Kampp,    C.    &    Son • 210 

Karol   B 195 

Karpen,     S.,    &    Bros 176 

Kaufman's    Restaurants 206 

Kellogg  Switchboard  and  Supply  Co.l2o 

Kennicott   Co 124 

Kenwood    Bridge    Co 127 

Kercher    Bath    Co 208 

Kimball,    C.    P..    &    Co 48 

King.     Joy    Lo,     Restaurant 189 

Kirchberg    70 

Klaner,    Fred. 216 

Klein,    Fred     226 

Knisely  Bros 169 

Krueger,    Theo.,    Hardware   Co 101 

Lacy    Machine    Co. 122 

Lake   View    Laundry 20S 

La   Kurba   Cigar   Co 154 

Landlords    &    Collecting    Agency    of 

Chicago    170 

Lashe's   Bitters 172 

Lasker  Iron  Works    196 

Latham    Machinery    Co 190 

Lau,    Max,  Colortype   Co 200 

Lawndale  State  and  National  Bank.  112 

Law,  Robert  0 214 

Lee    Tire    &    Rubber    Co 72 

Leonard    Seed    Co 174 

Leserman  Bros 172 

Liberty    Incandescent    Light    Co 152 

Lindsay    Light    Co 162 

Link    Belt    Co 104 

Linolite   Mfg.    Co. 86 

Lipsey    &    Co 171 

Liverpool   and  London  and  Globe  In- 
surance   Co.,    The 134 

Lloyd,    W.    G.,    Co 46 

Lloyd-Thomas    Co 74 

Locomobile    Co.,    The 50 

Logan    Square   Motor   Co 250 

Lombard    Hotel    143 

London  Auto  Supply  Co 113 

Ludlow,    H.    D 202 

Lynch   &    Uetz 184 

Madison  &   Kedzie   State  Bank 174 

Hadlung    &    Eidman 64 

Magill,    John   R.,   &   Co 116 

Magner,    Winslow    &   Co 167 

Majestic    Theater    132 

Manufacturers'    Furniture   Co. ......  .135 

Manz    Engraving    Co. 196 

Marmon     Chicago     Co 88 

Marshall-Jackson     Co 180 

A.    H.    Martens    &    Co 30 

Master    Carbureter 122 

Masonic       Temple       Safety       Deposit 

Vaults     208 

Matador  Tire    &  Vulcanizing  Co 52 

Mathis    Bros.    Co 163 

Mayers,    Oscar    22 

McCortney,    J.    H 236 

McCarty     Auto     Co 114 

McCarty  Bros 146 

McDonald    Rest    Cure 186 

McKinnon.s     Restaurants 194 

Metro    Pictures    Service 168 

Metz    Shoe    Co 228 

The    Meyercord   Co 92 

Midland  Linseed  Products  Co 180 

Millar,   E.   B.,   &  Co 106 

Mitchell    Automobile    Co 149 

Middleton,    Edw.,    Co 102 

Monogram  Laundry  Co 222 

Moon    Mfg.    Co 191 

Moore,    Benjamin    &    Co 182 

Morris,    William.    &   Sons   Co 118 

Motor    Car    Sales    Co 100 

Mueller,    Frank    M 220 

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Naugle  Pole  &  Tie  Co 54 

Naumburg,    E.,    &  Co 4 

Harry    Newman     96 

New    Method    Laundry 166 

Noelle,  J.  B.  &  Co.".  .  .  .Inside  back  cover 

North    Ave.    State    Bank .  .  175 

North   Side   Cleaners   &   Dyers   Co. ...      : 

Northern     Rubber     Works 217 

Northwestern  Laundry  Co 232 

Northwestern        Trust        &        Savings 

Bank     104 

Norton    Door    Check    Co 154 

Old    Dutch    Cleanser 52 

Old    Faithful    Laundr.v -'1C 

Old   Colony    Life   Insurance   Co 110 

Ogren   Motor  Car  Co 110 

Oliver    Typewriter    Co Back    cover 

Olson,   A.   J.,   &   Co 132 

Orr  &   Lockett   Hardware   Co 139 

Osborn,    P.    H.,   &   Bros 95 

Overland     Hotel     123 

Oxygenerator    Co..    The 154 

Paddock,  Bond  &  Co 44 

Palmer    House • 60 

Paragon     Laundry 198 

Paramount   Knitting    Co 92 

Park  Police 221 

Parmlee  Transfer  Co 160 

Paschen    Bros 210 

Pennsylvania    Rubber    Co 207 

Peoples  Trust  and   Savings   Bank    ...130 
Perfection      and      Manhattan      Laun- 
dry   Ill 

Perfection    Tire    &    Rubber   Co 2 

Pilsen   Sash    &   Door  Co 206 

Plaza    Auto    Livery 230 

Plaza   Hotel    18G 

Pollard    Domestic    Service 230 

Pope,    Wm.    A 236 

Portage   Rubber    Co.,    The 88 

Power    Special     Co 234 

Quick    Tire    Service 218 

Randall   &    Proudfit  Co 176 

Randolph    Box   &   Label   Co 86 

Rathborne,    Hair    &    Ridgeway    Co.  ..142 

Rice,    John,    &    Co 236 

Rittenhouse    &    Embree    Co 158 

Riverside     Oil     Co 133 

Reliance    Elevator    Co 1S8 

Republic    Rubber    Co 94 

Reedy's  Chewing   Gum 126 

Roberts,    Geo.    W.,    &    Son 74 

Robbins    Mfg.    Co.,    The 200 

Robinson    Furnace    Co 64 

Rockwell-Barnes     Co 124 

Rollins,    E.    H.,   &  Sons 40 

Roos,    Henry,    Fdy.    Co 160 

Roth    Bros.    &    Co 119 

Royal    Tea    Co 234 

RuockTieim    Bros.    &    Eckstein 222 

Russell,    Brewster   &   Co 38 

Sasgen   Derrick   Co 152 

Savage   Bros.    Co 198 

Scaar,    Fr 219 

Scholl's,    Dr.,    Foot-Eazer 129 

Scott,    George    W 116 

Schriver  Laundry  Co • 126 

Seffren   Scrap    Iron   &   Machinery  Co.  220 

Sellstrom    &   Kilby 188 

Sethness     Co 42 

Sheridan     Garage 230 

Spinks,   Wm.   A.,   &  Co 206 

Shotwell    Mfg.    Co 121 

Shoup,    A.    D.,    Co 125 

Shoup.  The  A.  D.   Co 125 

Siebel,   J.    E.,   Sons  Co 181 

Simmons   Motor   Co..,    P 

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Simpson,  Bevans  &  Co 68 

Sleepeck-Helman   Printing  Co 134 

Smith  Form-a-Truck 76 

Smith,    H.    A 192 

Sorenson,  N.  C.,  Motor  Express 212 

South   Halsted   St.    Iron   Works 200 

South    Side    Tire    Co 212 

Spaulding    &    Merrick 1 

Sosnian  &  Landis  Co 82 

Souders,    W.    G.,    &    Co 10 

Stall   &   Dean  Mfg.   Co 100 

Standard    Oil    Co 18 

Standard    Sash    &    Door   Co.... 138 

Stan  wood,    Taylor   &   Co 10 

Stearns    Cars     172 

Sterling    Laundry    Co 234 

Stern-Smith   Co.,    The 115 

Stewart    Agency    46 

Stewart,   James,     &     Co 107 

Stewart    Mfg.     Co 124 

Stromberg- Allen    &    Co 4C 

Stromberg    Motor    Devices    Co 70 

Sturges   &    Burns   Mfg.    Co 30 

Swanson,    C.    E 201 

Swinehart    Tire   Co 215 

Tempco    Mfg.    Co 193 

Temptation  Chocolates    120 

Terminal    Garage    194 

Thomas    Elevator   Co 204 

Thomas  Hardware    194 

Tire  Co.   of   America 152 

Turnquist    Bros 136 

Twichell    Gauge    Co 228 

U.   S.  Ball  Bearing  Mfg.  Co 140 

U.   S.   Blow  Pipe  and  Dust   Collecting 

Co Inside   front   cover 

U.   S.   Slicing  Machine  Co 24 

United    States   Music   Co 84 

Universal    Rim     Co 13S 

Vesta    Accumulator    Co 166 

Victor     Electric     Co 236 

Victoria   Hall    .  .  . 84 

Virginia  Hotel    70 

Von    Frantzins    &    Co 213 

Wadsworth-Howland    Co. 156 

Ware  &  Leland 40 

Warner    Hotel 178 

Warren,    A.   C 232 

Washington    Boulevard    Hospital ....  108 

Weeghman,   Chas.,   Co 114 

Werner  Bros.   Storage  Co 230 

Westberg,    R.    W 212 

Westfall,     Geo.     J 192 

Westfall   Storage  &   Van  Co 234 

West   Side   Trust  &    Savings  Bank...  187 
Western  Casket   &  Undertaking  Co.. 112 

Westeen,    0 177 

Western   Motor   Car   Co 172 

Western  Paper  Stock  Co 208 

Western    Pump    &    Engineering-    Co.. 202 

Wheeler     Elevator     Co 122 

Wheeler    &    Schebler    Carburetor.  ...  128 

White  City  Electric  Co 153 

White    Co.,    The 20 

Whitacre    Fireproofing    Co.,    The.... 159 

Wieland    Ice    Cream    Co 98 

Willey,    C.    L 164 

Wilson- Jones  Loose   Leaf  Co 

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Winton  Motor  Car  Co.,  The 66 

Wolfertz      Deformity      Appliance      & 

Truss    Mfg.    Co.,    The 134 

Woman's   World   Magazine   Co 64 

Woods    Mobilette    Co 56 

Wisconsin    Granite   Co 166 

Wrisley.  Allen  B 140 

Wittbold,     Florist 155 

Wychmere    Hotel 150 

Zeiler,  F.   M.,  &  Co 38 


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252        Police         History 


WHEELER   BARTRAM,   President 
M.  WILEY,  Vice-Prcsident 

PETER  S.  LYNCH,  Treasurer 

B    GALLAGHER,  Recording  Secretary 

D.  SHANNON,  Financial  Secretary 

JOHN   P.  REED,  Attorney 

HO  S.  Dearborn  Street 


BOARD    OF    DIRECTORS 


First  District. 

Allen  W.  Ames, 
Charlotte   Robinson, 
Anna    Sheehan, 
Frank    Daly, 
Anna  Lowrey. 

Second  District. 

Edmund   Drennan, 
Catherine   Melaniphy, 
Alice    Findley, 
Sarah   Cassels, 
Bridget    Rocks. 

Third  District. 

Katherine  Leut. 
George   Bassett, 
Catherine  Lynch, 
Anna    Murphy, 
Hugh  McAuley. 

Fourth  District. 

August   Blettner, 
John    P.    Reed, 
Anna  Stokes, 
Patrick    J.    Ward, 
B.    Flanagan, 
John    Hooley. 


Fifth  District. 

Benjamin   Williams, 
Chas.  Larsen, 
Bessie   Palmer, 
Nellie  Rice, 
Ellen    M.    Bowen, 
Michael    Costello. 

Sixth  District. 

Elizabeth   French, 
Anna   Wynne, 
Margaret  Tighe, 
Nellie    Fitzgerald, 
Annie    Johnson. 

Seventh  District. 

M.  J.   Franzen, 
Lillian   Burt, 
Leonard    J.    Gellen, 
Minnie    Showalter, 
Margaret  J.   O'Connell. 

Eighth  District. 

Nellie    Kindlaw, 
Lawrence   Stanton. 


ERRATA 


Page  15— The  Photograph  of  Chief  of  Police  Michael  Brennan 
was  confused  with  that  of  his  brother,  officer  Brennan,  and  the  latter 
was  inserted  as  being  the  picture  of  the  Chief.  The  error  was  not  disco- 
vered until  it  was  too  late  to  correct,  and  we  desire  to  take  this  means 
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106  N.  Dearborn  St. 
318  S.  Wabash  Ave. 
185  W.  Randolph  St. 
18  N.  Clark  St. 
26  B.  Adams  Street 
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